New York public schools will add two Muslim holidays to their vacation calendars, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, a promise he made during his election campaign.
The policy change was hailed by Islamic leaders in New York City.
Under the new policy, the city's 1.1 million-pupil public school system will close on Sept. 24 for Eid al-Adha, which is also known as the Festival of Sacrifice.
The holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, will be observed during summer school in 2016.
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Divide and conquer.
ReplyDeleteIf your going to do it for Christians then you have to do it for other faiths too. That is the freedom of religion. Not just freedom for Christian religion.
ReplyDeletethis sets a bad precedent. Next we will be closing for Spanish holidays as there are more Spanish people in the US than Muslims.
ReplyDeletewell i have never seen a Mayor that wanted to leave his job as bad as Blasio ill bet he don't get reelected
ReplyDeleteMuslim/Islam is not a religion, it is a cult!
ReplyDeleteThis is creeping Sharia. A little here, a little there.
ReplyDeletePretty soon.. boom!
if we cant say prayer in schools then there should be ZERO days off for ALL religion.
ReplyDeleteAsians are more prominent in nyc than Muslims and Asians do not have days off?
ReplyDelete10:19 They are all cults.
ReplyDeleteWe are a Christian country.
ReplyDeleteReally 12:07? Every citizen in the US is Christian?
ReplyDeleteBill de Azziho will be asking for a Karl Marx holiday next.
ReplyDelete"If your going to do it for Christians then you have to do it for other faiths too."
ReplyDeleteActually, they go to great lengths to avoid associating vacations with Christian holidays. However, these Muslim holidays are blatantly about the religious observance. Your statement is not accurate.
We've surpassed the beginning of the end. "Thank you Obumer".
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