council votes for two muslim school holidays


	council votes for two muslim school holidays

djenne

7-5-2009 10:38 PM

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7-12-2009 7:16 PM

AcesLucky

The mayor told reporters before the vote that not all religions could be accommodated on the holiday schedule, only those with “a very large number of kids who practice.”

Though I don't agree with the Holiday(s) his reasoning stinks.

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Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg should reconsider his opposition to the school holidays. “It’s an election year,” he said.
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