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General News    H4'ed 3/5/15

De Blasio to Close NYC Public Schools on Two Muslim Holidays

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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that two days in the NYC public school year will be turned into days off in observance of Muslim holidays Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.

De Blasio made the announcement at a Brooklyn public school where 36 percent of its students were absent on the last day Eid al-Adha occurred during an instructional day in the school year. The new days off will be built into the public calendar for the upcoming September, and summer school will be closed in observance of Eid al-Fitr. From Bloomberg:

"This is about respect for one of the great faiths of this Earth," said de Blasio, a 53-year-old Democrat. In past years, "either the child went and pursued his education and missed his religious observance or the other way around. That is the kind of choice that was wrong to have to make for these families."
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