Council Bill Would Urge Days Off For Two Muslim Holidays

by Benjamin Sarlin
New York Sun
September 25, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/915/council-bill-would-urge-days-off-for-two-muslim

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City Council members are calling on the state to give New York City children the day off from school on two Muslim holidays.

On Friday, the council will debate a resolution urging the state Legislature to pass a law declaring the Muslim holidays of Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha to be observed holidays in the city's public school system.

According to the resolution's sponsor, Council Member Robert Jackson of Manhattan, the issue is a matter of fairness, as Muslim students make up a significant percentage of the public school population.

"You have 10% of the student population out of 1.1 million children, so over 100,000

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