Cambridge Public Schools Starting Next Year

But beginning next year, Cambridge Massachusetts public schools will attempt to make it easier for Muslim students to honor their highest holy days.  In a move that school officials believe is the first of its kind in the state, Cambridge will close schools for one Muslim holiday each year beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.

The school will either close for Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, depending on which holiday falls within the school year. If both fall within the school calendar, the district will close for only one of the days.

The school district’s decision, announced last month, was made as the national discussion about Islam continues, fueled by a Mosque proposal two blocks from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York.  The discussion has also touched local schools, as Wellesley school officials drew criticism recently for a video that showed sixth-grade students kneeling during a prayer service at a Boston mosque during a field trip in May.

Cambridge School Committee member Marc McGovern, who pushed for the Muslim holiday in city schools, said he thinks people need to take a step back from what he called hysteria and the stereotypes of all Muslims as terrorists.  “At a time when I think the Muslim population is being characterized with a broad brush in a negative way, I think it’s important for us to say we’re not going to do that here,’’ McGovern said.

Cambridge School Superintendent Jeffrey Young said the district does not collect information about the religion of its students. But Young said that there is a significant Muslim population in the city, and that, at least anecdotally, the Muslim population in the schools appears to be growing.

The Muslims say they will conquer the world.  That the Muslim Flag will fly over the White House.  They say they will make the world Sharia compliant.  They also have a jihad against America.

People need to research Muslims and Islam.  The Quran is rather specific that only Allah is good.  We are infidels that need to be conquered and killed.  Are there Muslims that don’t believe this should happen of course there are.  But many do believe it and many who act peaceful will always defend Islam against America and the free world. 
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