scaramouche

...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Creeping sharia: In New York City, no less. From the New York Sun:

City Council members are calling on the state to give New York City children the day off from school on two Muslim holidays.

On Friday, the council will debate a resolution urging the state Legislature to pass a law declaring the Muslim holidays of Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha to be observed holidays in the city's public school system.

According to the resolution's sponsor, Council Member Robert Jackson of Manhattan, the issue is a matter of fairness, as Muslim students make up a significant percentage of the public school population.

"You have 10% of the student population out of 1.1 million children, so over 100,000 students, who are Muslim," Mr. Jackson said yesterday in an interview. "There was a situation about two or three years ago where they held a big exam on one of the highest holy days and parents had to make a choice: Do I send my kids in to take this exam or do we celebrate our religious holiday? That should not be the case. It doesn't happen on Christmas, it doesn't happen on Easter, it doesn't happen on other major religious holidays."

Bills that would give city schoolchildren the day off on the two holidays have stalled in the state Senate and Assembly, failing to get out of committee…

What next? Requiring everyone to fast for Ramadan?

posted by: scaramouche at 22:56 | link | comments (4) |

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#1  26 September 2008 - 03:48

 

Well if that happened in my district, Id want another two days pay for delaying the amount of time I have to work over the summer. Two days less for the summer means I have two days less to put money in the bank when not teaching. Its a nice idea, being we strive for equality for all, however, there is more to it, and not just cause of the teachers.

psmartin

#2  26 September 2008 - 10:26

 

There is indeed "more to it." Just as there is more to it re sharia financing. Just as there is more to it re using human rights and "Islamophobia" to silence critics of Islamic doctrine and the actions of Muslims. That's what those who continue to make concessions to sharia law, those who see it as a matter of fairness, don't understand.

scaramouche

#3  26 September 2008 - 15:36

 

Ten (10) percent Muslim enrollment???????

I'd want to verify that number, it reads more like france or England.

Mo'nonymous

#4  30 September 2008 - 03:09

 

True enough. True enough.

psmartin

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