Maryland: Islamists Demand Schools Close For Islamic Holidays In Montgomery County

I guess they’re not happy enough with the 15-acre mega mosque being built in small-town Maryland or the fact that many schools all across America are already praising the “virtues” of Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood’s CAIR and their supporters are now demanding more actions that speak louder than words, and with their good friend Barack Hussein Obama paving the way for Sharia law in America, this is bound to happen sooner rather than later …

The “Green Horse” Marches

WND – “Muslims in Montgomery County, Md., are petitioning local school officials to add two Islamic holidays that vary from year to year to the school calendar, and if needed, to shorten the ‘winter break’ to make up for the days off.

‘There is no need for any MCPS students to miss classroom instruction time if schools were to close for Eid holidays,’ their petition argues. ‘There is a state law that mandates at least 180 classroom instruction days per year. That won’t change. If schools were to close on Eid holidays the missed days could easily be made up by slightly shortening the lengthy winter or summer breaks.

‘Alternatively any of the many pre-existing school closings could be moved to coincide with Eid holidays,’ the petition argues.

The Muslims want schools to close on Islamic holidays because they observe the Christian holidays of Easter and Christmas, and the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. The dates of Muslim holidays vary because they are based on the Islamic calendar.

The Muslims argue that the county schools already close on ‘Christmas, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover.’

The school calendar, however, notes that Yom Kippur is on a Saturday, and Passover is not mentioned.

Nevertheless, they want recognition of Eid al-Fitr, to mark the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha, marking a pilgrimage to Mecca.

‘Currently the thousands of Muslim MCPS staff and students have to choose between their education and observing their religious practices,’ the coalition argues. ‘This is not a choice that our Christian and Jewish neighbors face on their holidays.’

According to a report in the local Gazette, the sponsor of the move is the Maryland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.

The Muslim coalition said other school districts that acknowledge their holidays include Burlington, Vt.; Cambridge, Mass.; Dearborn, Mich.; Skokie, Ill.; and Paterson and Trenton, N.J.” Read more.

Flashback: On Nation Under “Allah” …

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• Colorado Student Quits High School Choir Over Islamic Song Praising ‘Allah’
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• Colorado High School Recites Pledge Of Allegiance In Arabic, ‘One Nation Under Allah’
• Ohio: Muslim Students Demand Ritual Footbaths On Campus To ‘Respect’ Non-Muslims
• Boston High School Recites Muslim Poem, Not Pledge Of Allegiance, On 911 Anniversary
• Islamic Indoctrination In Textbooks Sanitize The True, Dark Nature of the ‘Religion of Peace’
• Michigan: CAIR Demands Muslim Prayers In School, Attacks Off-Site Voluntary Bible Lessons