Celebrate Diversity! Both NYC Mayoral Candidates Wants City’s Schools To Close For Islamic Holidays…

Celebrate Diversity! Both NYC Mayoral Candidates Wants City’s Schools To Close For Islamic Holidays…

Does the number of Muslim students in the NYC school system really warrant a day off? No.
Via NYDN:

No matter who is elected mayor next month, city kids will likely find two new vacation days on the school calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the holiest days of the Muslim year.
Both Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican Joe Lhota say schools should close on the two holidays, just as they do for major Jewish and Christian days.
It’s a matter of “respect” for a religion practiced by an estimated 13 percent of city school kids, de Blasio said Wednesday at a campaign rally with Muslim groups in Brooklyn.
“The origins of this nation (are) people of many different faiths coming together … That’s why we have to respect Muslim faiths by providing the Eid school holidays for children in our school system,” de Blasio said.