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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (6688)	4/4/2007 6:19:29 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

MARYLAND:Once again, Muslims hope school holiday is OKd communitytimes.com \| 04/04/07 \| BAXTER SMITH In a matter of weeks, the school board will approve a calendar for the 2008-2009 school year. County Muslims are hoping that for the first time it will include a closing date for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitre, which marks the end of the Ramadan month of fasting. Bashar Pharoan, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, is encouraged because he said there was no vocal opposition to the holiday expressed at the three meetings of the calendar committee he attended. The committee is appointed to come up with a proposed calendar for the superintendent. Pharoan sees that as a step toward a calendar of equality that normally encompasses the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, as well as Easter and Christmas. Muslims believe the Islamic holy days should be considered equal to Jewish holy days. They have lobbied the board for four years to close schools when the two Islamic holidays fall on school days. "We are asking for equal treatment," Pharoan said, noting that calendar committee rules prevent it from conducting votes or keeping a written record. Pharoan told the board that three people on the calendar committee had raised concerns about the Muslim holidays but "no one objected" to the holidays. However, Brice Freeman, a schools spokesman, later said, "that wasn't the case. Many committee members were really kind of concerned." Pharoan nevertheless labeled the lack of vocal objections on the calendar committee "a consensus." But schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston told the board that information describing it that way should be considered "inaccurate." The calendar committee is advisory in nature. It sends a recommendation to the superintendent who then submits a proposal to the school board. (Excerpt) Read more at communitytimes.com ....