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New York City Council supports adding 2 Muslim holy days as school holidays
Jul 1, 2009 1:07 PM
From The New York Times: the New York City Council has passed a resolution in support of adding two of the most important Muslim holy days to the public schools’ holiday calendar. The vote, which is nonbinding, puts the council in conflict with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has the final say to designate the days off and has said he is opposed to the idea. 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.” The current school calendar recognizes major Christian and Jewish holy days such as Christmas and Yom Kippur, but no Muslim holy days.
