From Creeping Sharia:
Minneapolis school year starts during Ramadan, Muslims cry foul
Posted on March 2, 2011 by creeping
How long until the school district submits? via Fall start of school, Muslim holy month clash
StarTribune.com.
The Minneapolis school district’s decision to start the next school year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will hamper relations with families who already consider the district culturally callous, new school board member Hussein Samatar said.
The first day of Minneapolis’ 2011-12 school year is Monday, Aug. 29, which conflicts with Eid, the three-day Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. Samatar unsuccessfully tried to persuade school officials and the school board to change the start date.
For years, Minneapolis has lost students to charter schools that cater almost exclusively to Muslim students, because families see the charter schools as more sensitive to their culture, said Samatar, a Muslim Somali-American.
“We had an opportunity, as a district, to send a signal that we are culturally competent, we are sensitive, we understand and we are welcoming everybody,” said Samatar. “We are sending a signal that they are not as welcome as they thought” they were.
Some Muslims won’t be satisfied until American public schools are sharia-compliant and aligned with the Islamic calendar. “Culturally competent” apparently means that the majority submit to the minority – or at least those that cry racist the loudest or whose co-religionists plot terror.
Those charter schools that “cater almost exclusively to Muslim students” are paid for with your taxpayer money.
Minneapolis school year starts during Ramadan, Muslims cry foul
Posted on March 2, 2011 by creeping
How long until the school district submits? via Fall start of school, Muslim holy month clash
StarTribune.com.
The Minneapolis school district’s decision to start the next school year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will hamper relations with families who already consider the district culturally callous, new school board member Hussein Samatar said.
The first day of Minneapolis’ 2011-12 school year is Monday, Aug. 29, which conflicts with Eid, the three-day Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. Samatar unsuccessfully tried to persuade school officials and the school board to change the start date.
For years, Minneapolis has lost students to charter schools that cater almost exclusively to Muslim students, because families see the charter schools as more sensitive to their culture, said Samatar, a Muslim Somali-American.
“We had an opportunity, as a district, to send a signal that we are culturally competent, we are sensitive, we understand and we are welcoming everybody,” said Samatar. “We are sending a signal that they are not as welcome as they thought” they were.
Some Muslims won’t be satisfied until American public schools are sharia-compliant and aligned with the Islamic calendar. “Culturally competent” apparently means that the majority submit to the minority – or at least those that cry racist the loudest or whose co-religionists plot terror.
Those charter schools that “cater almost exclusively to Muslim students” are paid for with your taxpayer money.
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