Creeping along in Connecticut. via New London School Calendar to Recognize Muslim Holidays | NBC Connecticut.
An advocacy group is welcoming New London’s recognition of Muslim school holidays in its calendar for the next school year.
The calendar lists certain Muslim and
Jewish holidays as days when observing students can be excused for
absences. It also asks teachers not to schedule tests on those dates.
The Connecticut chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations said Monday that including the Islamic
holidays will serve to enhance the learning environment for Muslim
students.
“We welcome the inclusion of Islamic
holidays in the school calendar because it will serve to enhance the
learning environment for Muslim students,” said CAIR-CT Executive
Director Mongi Dhaouadi, in a statement.
Council spokesman Ibrahim Cooper says
there is a growing movement toward recognizing Muslim holidays in school
districts nationwide. He says it reflects the growth and maturity of
the Muslim community as more parents don’t want to see students marked
absent when observing holidays.
CAIR is the country’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, according to a release.
CAIR is a lot of things and unfortunately NBC Connecticut simply reprints Associated Press scrubbed information. CAIR is a U.S. government named Hamas front group and unindicuted co-conspirator to the largest terror financing conviction in U.S. history, among other Islamic terror-related things.
See the HAMAS-CAIR section on lower left side bar for links to relevant background.
School executives with phone & email addresses here.
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