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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the Muslim community will now press their Muslim brothers in the middle east to show some respect towards Jews and Christians.

Nah - they don't care about other religions.  I'm sure they are happy now  that they got the Jewish and Christian holidays wiped off the calendar.[/quote]
 
I am an AMERICAN Muslim and MCPS teacher. As an American who believes in democracy and free speech, I believe that the Muslim community had every right to advocate for the day off even though I never supported the idea.  The community NEVER asked for the other holidays to be removed from the calendar.  That was a decision made by the Board of Education NOT supported by the Muslim community.[/quote]

PP thanks for posting.  Anyone with half a brain would know that Muslims would not ask for the names of Jewish holidays to be scrubbed.

I am a Christian and also think it's appropriate that they ask, and if the population in MCPS was very Muslim then we should have the holiday off.   I know no Muslim's but in my area it seems like every other person is Jewish, so I can see the why the Jewish Holidays are taken off.

I think the issue lies more with the staff than the kids, kids can make up the work, but they probably could not get as many subs in.
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