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| NY Muslims want Eid on school calendar |
| 2010-07-14 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Muslim students, parents, and activists are calling upon lawmakers in the state of New York to add two of their holidays to school calendars. After failing to convince New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg of adding the two major Muslim holidays, the Lesser and Greater Bairams, to the list of official holidays in public schools, hundreds of Muslims launched a campaign hoping the state Senate and Assembly would supersede the mayor's decision. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Yes, Nimble Spemble, you are right, the War on "Terror" is a war on political islamists not moderate muslims. And the War on Terror *is* a euphemism to hide under to prevent total religious war erupting. And yes there will be Muslims in the US after the war is over just like there were Germans after World War II. But the difference in WWII was that Germans and Japanese were rounded up and put in internment camps until the war was over because though many were innocent, there was no way to tell. There certainly wasn't a pretence that anybody, even an Irish Nun, might be a Nazi in disguise. |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-07-14 22:10 |
| #11 Sort of reminds me of when the Jews started asking for Chanukkah abd Rosh Hashanah to be added to the calendars. In some places they even close the schools for them. Hanukkah (alternate spelling), Nimble Spemble? That really is like asking for St. Patrick's Day off. It's a minor holiday. As for Rosh Hashanah, the public school I went to lost 25% of their students in the advanced classes on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So those teachers just did fun stuff with the rest of the kids for two days, and the Jewish ones never got gold stars for perfect attendance. I think this is absurd. It's not about getting holidays off, it's about attendance numbers. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-07-14 21:41 |
| #10 One has to ask what Muslims are even doing in public schools. Not only are you exposed to dangerous Western memes and lifestyles, but you can get girl cooties, too. On the other hand, you can make the argument that, given the damage unionized teachers do to our kids, the less time they spend in school the better. Hey, let's all take the month of Ramadan off. Who's up for 30 days of drunkenness , debauchery and Bible verses? Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-07-14 17:11 |
| #9 Give them Eid to celebrate out in space--one way trip. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-07-14 08:52 |
| #8 Considering that Muslims use a lunar calendar: floating holidays! |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-07-14 08:04 |
| #7 Sort of reminds me of when the Jews started asking for Chanukkah abd Rosh Hashanah to be added to the calendars. In some places they even close the schools for them. Bush was correct to say that that the war is on the terrorists and not their religion, because it is really on their ideology which is a derivative of their religion that is our true enemy. But effectively distinguishing between the ideology and the religion requires far more nuance than the average liberal can muster. So euphemistically call it a war on terror. When it is over, there will still be practicing Muslims in America, just as there are still Germans. The question is whether the name Osama will have the same popularity as Adolph. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-07-14 05:36 |
| #6 Maybe when they build that lovely big 13-storey Islamic Cultural Centre on the site of old World Trade Centre, then they can give educational lectures there on why it is important to put the Eid on the school holiday calendar. Then maybe they could educate all you Islamophobic Rubes as to the error of your racist ways and we can all live in harmony |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-07-14 05:01 |
| #5 Give them 9/11 off. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-14 03:07 |
| #4 Make it Janurary 17. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-07-14 01:36 |
| #3 So kids in NY don't get off for St. Patrick's Day, but they want them to get off for Eid? I presume there will be acts of violence and destruction of property if they do not acquiesce? |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-14 01:23 |
| #2 Send them to a private school if it's so important. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-14 01:07 |
| #1 If you want the public to celebrate your holidays go back to your country. Can you see Americans going to say Egypt and demanding the government celebrate the 4th of July officially. They would hang you. |
| Posted by: Solomon Slomong3302 2010-07-14 01:01 |