In case you missed this on the news, the nation’s largest public school system, New York City, will observe two Muslim holidays, starting in the fall. Under the new policy announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio, the 1.1 million pupil public school system will close September 24 for Eid-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr will be observed during summer school in 2016.
The Muslim population of NYC is somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million according to what I an find. Jews number about 2 million. Why don’t they get any holidays? And, what about the hundreds of other beliefs?
The reason that schools observe Christian holidays is simple. The United States was founded on Christian principles and traditions. I have never heard anyone complain about taking the day off, even if they object to the reason. Perhaps schools should take off for all holidays, even it means going to school 12 months. That wouldn’t work, because there are too many holidays.
Hindus make up about 2.4% of the population of New York City and they don’t get any holiday. They have been lobbying for Diwali. That is their day of "victory over evil and knowledge over ignorance."
No politician wants that.
PMO
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