NJ Public School District Closing for Ramadan

CAIR alert (jumping for joy actually.) A very bad precedent indeed. Creeping sharia.

CAIR-NJ: CLIFFSIDE PARK SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FOR RAMADAN THIS YEAR  
Shawna Ryan, NY1 News, 9/10/07

Cliffside Park schools will be the first in Bergen County to close for a Muslim holiday this year. NY1's Shawna Ryan spoke to school officials and a Muslim group about the decision and filed the following report.

For the first time ever, Cliffside Park students will not have classes this October 11th.

That's because the school district is the first in Bergen County to observe the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the conclusion to the Islamic holy month of fasting.

"There is a significant Muslim population in the State of New Jersey and we really look forward to other school districts allowing Muslim students to exercise the Islamic faith just like their Christian and Jewish counterparts," said Afsheen Shamsi of the Council for American Islamic Relations. (MORE)

Comments

[MorrisAO]

Dhimmis.

[kingronjo]

last I looked there are no more Christian holidays on the calendar. They have been changed to Winter break and Spring break. I believe the ACLU needs to step in to stop this egregious violation of Church and State.

[tazzerman2000]

For the love of G-d.... When have you EVER seen a school closed for Rosh Hashanah? Yom Kippur? I bet there's quite a large Jewish community in Bergen County, NJ.. How in the hell are these muslims getting away with this crap??? My G-d what have we wrought?

[ETT]

Hi

Ramadan does not finish until the new moon is sighted. Therefore the schools do not know when to close. This has to be decided the evening before the holiday.

When I worked in Saudi and Kuwait this was a problem. Somtimes it would be announced on TV that the following day was a holiday.

Do you give Sikhs and Hindus the same consideration?