Waterbury School District will be honoring two of the Muslim religions most holy days by not scheduling tests, field trips or major school events on those days starting next fall in Connecticut. Isn’t that wonderful? I never realize that the Waterbury area in Connecticut was turning into Dearborn, Michigan.
What has Islam or Muslims in the U.S. – or anywhere for that matter – done to deserve any respect? The Koran clearly teaches Muslims not to take Jews and Christians as friends. Should this be respected? via Waterbury schools to respect Muslim holidays.
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“Growing up in Waterbury myself and going to school here, I missed a trip because of the holiday,” said Syed. “I had to choose my faith and I didn’t go to the trip. That was in the third grade at Washington Elementary.”
Syed has four children and he is happy that the new generation of Muslims coming up through the Waterbury School District won’t have to choose between exams and religious beliefs, which is the point of Thursday’s vote, says Board of Education President Charles Stango.
“We were approached about this, and we thought about it, and honored it,” said Stango.
It is not about a day off. They are not going to shut the schools down for two Muslim holidays. A memo is going to go out at the beginning of the year. Superintendent Dr. Cathleen Ouellette says the idea is to show respect for the Muslim culture.