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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a teenager, we were going to move to Kuwait (didn't as it turned out--Gulf War 1 happend). My sister and I were going to attend the American School of Kuwait. Though it largely catered to kids from other countries, [b]the "weekend" was Thursday and Friday. [/b]So, although we are Christian, I would have been attending school on Sundays. I suppose I could have gone to at late afternoon/evening service, but I would not have been able to attend a service in the middle of the day.
When you are living in a country, you have to go with the prevailing customs of that country.

Having said that, I like PPs suggestion about making a room available so that a student could go at midday and pray. Seems like a reasonable accommodation.
And of course, Muslims should absolutely get excused absence from school for major holidays.[/quote]

I lived in a Muslim country as a teen and we had Thursday/Friday weekends.  Christian churches held their services on Friday mornings.  We adapted to the culture of the country.

I think occasional religious absences from school are fine but missing a 1/2 day every week would seem to be disruptive to learning.[/quote]

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