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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kindergartener got to learn about Ramadan including that "we kneel on the floor and say Allahu akbar, which means God is great " in a public school. But no Valentines. We left the school[/quote]

You should have stayed. Your kid might have learned something.

Valentine’s Day is ubiquitously celebrated in our culture. Your kid doesn’t need special lessons about that in school.[/quote]

The point is, we're not allowed to celebrate Valentine's Day in schools anymore but we are allowed to celebrate kneeling on the floor and saying Allahu akbar. That's the point.[/quote]

Did your child actually celebrate Ramadan in school? Were they made to kneel and say Allahu Akbar? Or did they just learn that Islam exists?[/quote]

Are they allowed to say that Halloween is not about devil worshiping but about creativity and freedom for kids and CANDY? No. We're not allowed to say a word. We have to respect their opinion by remaining silent, even though it's wrong.[/quote]

This seems super hypocritical.  You object to Ramadan traditions being discussed and explained in school, because there's something about the holiday you disagree with.  But you don't think that people who disagree with Halloween (because they don't like holidays that include decorations or costumes that include death or gore or wtches or whatever) should be allowed to have that opinion because it's "wrong."  Is your argument basically "no one should celebrate holidays I don't like, and everyone should celebrate the holidays I like and they're not allowed to have a problem with them"?[/quote]

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