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• On the article SPEAK OUT: Should MCPS Close Schools For Muslim Holidays?

  

  Rashid A. Makhdoom

  11:58 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

  Rashid A. Makhdoom
  
  11:57 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

  A religious observance that can only be observed or performed on a specific, ordained and prescribed time of the day, and if not performed or observed at that prescribed time of the day it is considered not observed or performed, and that prescribed time of the day conflicts with the school time, then for that religious observance the school should be closed. The two Muslim holidays proposed by Councilmember Levethal had to be performed at a prescribed time of the day and if not performed during that prescribed time period are considered not performed, so the schools should be closed to allow Muslim student to perform their religious practices. If there are other religious obserances which are ordained to be performed or observed during a perscribed time of the day and that time of the day conflicts with the school time then those days should also be observed as closed days for the schools.
  Rashid A. Makhdoom

• On the article SPEAK OUT: Should MCPS Close Schools For Muslim Holidays?

  

  Rashid A. Makhdoom

  11:57 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

  A religious observance that can only be observed or performed on a specific, ordained and prescribed time of the day, and if not performed or observed at that prescribed time of the day it is considered not observed or performed, and that prescribed time of the day conflicts with the school time, then for that religious observance the school should be closed. The two Muslim holidays proposed by Councilmember Levethal had to be performed at a prescribed time of the day and if not performed during that prescribed time period are considered not performed, so the schools should be closed to allow Muslim student to perform their religious practices. If there are other religious obserances which are ordained to be performed or observed during a perscribed time of the day and that time of the day conflicts with the school time then those days should also be observed as closed days for the schools.
  Rashid A. Makhdoom