NYC: Bloomberg Rejects Calls to Make Muslim Holy Days School Holidays....

Imagine one day your kid comes home and says he has the day off for Ramadan.  I can't answer for you but my fucking head would assplode....

Mayor Bloomberg is rejecting calls from lawmakers to make two Muslim holy days official school holidays, saying students cannot afford more days off.

"The truth of the matter is we need more children in school," Mr. Bloomberg said yesterday. "More, not less."

Council Member Robert Jackson of Manhattan, who is Muslim, and 12 co-sponsors introduced a resolution this year calling on the state to require that New York City students be given days off for the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr, typically in October, and Eid Ul-Adha, which falls in December this year.

"Parents have had to make a decision on whether or not to send their students to school on the holiest day of the Muslim calendar, celebrating the month of the fast of Ramadan, or to send their kids to take a test," Mr. Jackson said in an interview. "That type of situation should not be."

A 2004 Columbia University study estimated that 102,000 Muslim children attended city public schools, making them about 10% of the city's student population.

State Senator John Sabini, who has sponsored legislation that would require city schools to recognize the two holidays, cited the growing Muslim population as the primary reason for the proposed changes.

"I think that the Muslim population in schools is now large enough that we need to talk about it," Mr. Sabini, who represents parts of Queens, said in an interview.

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[Elric66]

"I think that the Muslim population in schools is now large enough that we need to talk about it,"

Ummmm yeah you do

[Merrimac]

I can see a real problem with putting Moslem "holy" days into the school calendar: The Aftermath, as in

Koran Sura 9.5 (The Sword Verse) - "So, when the sacred (holy) months are over, slay the idolators (infidels) wherever you find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them."

[Elric66]

That would be a small problem.