New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
New York City Public Schools will get two new days off in 2015, as Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city will incorporate the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha into its academic calendar. It will be the largest US school district to do so.
De Blasio tweeted the change in policy Wednesday, calling it “a change that respects the diversity of our city.” The addition of the two holidays fulfills a pledge the mayor made during his campaign to better represent New York’s increasing and diverse Muslim population, the New York.
The official announcement by de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina came four hours later at PS/IS 30 in Brooklyn, where officials said 36 percent of students were absent the last time Eid al-Adha fell on a school day, according to WCBS.
“We’re here today to make good on a promise to our Muslim brothers and sisters that a holiday of supreme importance to the Muslim community will be recognized in our school calendar so that children can honor the holiday without missing school,” the mayor said.
“We are committed to having a school calendar that reflects and honors the extraordinary diversity of our students,” said Farina.
Official estimates of the number of Muslims living in New York City vary from 600,000 to 1 million, with Columbia University estimating that 95 percent of Muslim children attended the city’s public schools in 2008, composing 10 percent of the public education population.
Eid al-Fitr, or the Feast of Fast-Breaking, falls on the first three days after Ramadan. It celebrates the end of the month-long fast during daylight hours. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is a three-day feast that marks the culmination of the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca), and commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) at God’s request.
In 2015, the holidays are celebrated in July and on September 23 to 24, respectively. New York City schools will be closed for Eid al-Adha on the 24th, while students and teachers participating in summer school will get Eid al-Fitr ‒ tentatively scheduled to begin July 17 ‒ as a designated holiday, the mayor’s office said.
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5 comments:
Alhamdulilah hii ni safi kwa New york na America nzima kuingwa mfano wa meya wa New York
Hivi Saudi Arabia au kule Dubai nao hufunga shule zao sikukuu za Christmas au Pasaka?..
nauliza tu maana nirahisi kuona mapungufu kwa wengine na sikwako.
Anon wa Saudi Arabia, angalia sababu usilete ushabiki. Numbers don't lie.
Kuuliza kwako kama Saudia wanafunga shule siku ya christmass au pasaka. Sio tu niufinyu wa ueledi juu ya stakabali ya suala hili, pia ni wazi kuwa umechukizwa na hatua hiyo.
Ni kufananisha embe na Nazi, tathmini ya maamuzi yao, ni kwa ajili ya watu wake, ambao nimchanganyiko
Yaani wewe unaeoliza Saudia kama wanafunga, kumbuka upo kwenye free country kwanini waislam wasipewe day off katika sikukuu zao, maana ukiangalia sikukuu za wakristo, Jewish tunakaana home. Mie ni mkristo na nimefurahi sana kusikia hovyo.
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