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Muslims want separate holidays, not just the names removed (Christmas/Easter)

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...b789a6-6931-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html

Christmas and Easter have been stricken from next year’s school calendar in Montgomery County. So have Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.

Montgomery’s Board of Education voted 7 to 1 Tuesday to eliminate references to all religious holidays on the published calendar for 2015-2016, a decision that followed a request from Muslim community leaders to give equal billing to the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha.

In practical terms, Montgomery schools will still be closed for the Christian and Jewish holidays, as in previous years, and students will still get the same days off, as planned.
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According to the article, the Muslim community did not ask to have names removed from existing holidays--that was the board of education's decision.

But Tuesday’s outcome was not at all what Muslim leaders intended. They called the decision a surprise — and a glaring mistake.

“By stripping the names Christmas, Easter, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, they have alienated other communities now, and we are no closer to equality,” said Saqib Ali, a former Maryland state delegate and co-chair of the Equality for Eid Coalition. “It’s a pretty drastic step, and they did it without any public notification.”
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That statement demonstrates a certain amount of respect towards other religions, wouldn't you say?
 
OreBama

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I don't see how Muslims should expect "equality". The Muslim community did not build America and one could make a good argument that it aims to harm America.
 
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If I have kids going to that school, they're out of there effective immediately. If I'm a business owner in that community, I'm closing up shop, selling my house and moving out of there.
Some community leaders don't care when parents get upset. But they do care when their tax base drops.
 
CoachJeff

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Bama Reb said:
If I have kids going to that school, they're out of there effective immediately. If I'm a business owner in that community, I'm closing up shop, selling my house and moving out of there.
Some community leaders don't care when parents get upset. But they do care when their tax base drops.
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Gimme a break.
 
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I say that if they want to celebrate their holidays have at it. If they want the government to sanction it move to the Middle East, problem solved!!
 
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