Should schools make accomodations for Muslim students?
 

Heard this story on FOX news.

Some Muslim families in Maryland asking public schools to accommodate their religion. Hmm last time I checked religions was not allowed in school, Now they want special praying times with prayer mats, what should they be allowed to interrupt classes so they can pray? do they want every muslim holiday off I mean geez you cant give them the whole friggen month off so they can do their Ramadan thing, you just cant do it. They want special menus for their diet, that I could live with. But the actaul practice of religion is not allowed in public school, and other religions dont get special treatment either, hell in some districts you cant have "christmas" partys, we dont interrupt classes to let Catholics have confession during 5th period. Religion should be kept out of the public schools, if you want special treatment because of your religion, then go to a religious school.

i know alot of you dont like B. O'reilly but he was right on here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70977,00.html

Fuck 'em. If they wanna pray, they can do it outside.

The Religions of others should not be associated with the lives of others, in my opinion.

So no, I don't think we should make special accomedations. School and religion don't go hand in hand, and they very well shouldn't.

This isnt a muslim country

[quote="Old Reliable":adaf6]This isnt a muslim country[/quote:adaf6]

This country wasn't founded upon any religion.

[quote="Sicilian_Summers":78bc6][quote="Old Reliable":78bc6]This isnt a muslim country[/quote:78bc6]

This country wasn't founded upon any religion.[/quote:78bc6]

If it was you all would be running about in head-dresses whooping and hollerin and shaking your dicks. biggrin:

i dont give a shit, just let the kids learn, its not church its school

[quote="Sicilian_Summers":49152]The Religions of others should not be associated with the lives of others, in my opinion.[/quote:49152]
Sounds like the Jehovah's Witness discussion on Fark a couple days ago. But yeah, if they want to pray, don't do it at school.

No. Schools dont cater to any religion so why should this one be differant? Im tired of this overly politically correct bullshit. I hunger for the days of calling someone a fag on a public street infront of hunderds of people and not being sued by anyone. Now days every parent on the street would sue, along with the fudge packer. THey would all win and i would owe my lifes work to each of them. No one dare speak there mind, it'll becoem a federal case.

im sure allah wont mind if they miss one praying

theres a little thing called home school

but if they do that there parents might teach them to blow there selfves up

Seems to me that Muslims are trying to be more and more recognised in the public eye by stirring up shit like this. When will they learn that they are no more important or better than the next average joe. Fuck 'em, if they want to do their little wailing excerise they can fuck off home to do it, or go to their local mosque, why the hell should normal everyday kids have to put up with that bullshit day in day out.

Now, I went to a Christian school, and had to go to church service every damn morning, and it got very old very quickly, I soon found myself skipping that part of the day, or missing the bus just so I could avoid it. Dont get me wrong, I'm still Christian, though I never go to church anymore and you could never pick it by looking at me, but I didnt go to school to listen to people preach about God, I went to school to LEARN. I wish Muslims would just fuck of back into their own community and not trouble us with their petty problems of being able to praise Allah at the right time of the day. Stupid fucks.

could you imagine the impact of letting muslim kids pray at school? just what osama bin laden wants

maybe theyr just starting this cause they know their home country or area is gonna be wiped off the face of the earth in a couple of years. biggrin:

Buy a Mercedes.... or the terrorists win. I disagree letting muslims practice their religion in public school, but I really don't mind if they started opening muslim schools, there are christian schools. I think they should have vegetarian menus at schools.

our school allows them on Friday because that is their day to be in "church"

We have Christian Fellowship at my school, it would be prejudice not to allow the rest

We all have a god to kill for.

They just go by different names.

It seems that Muslims everywhere want some kind of special treatment and then when they don't get it they go and whine about "the way the West is treating them" and then go blow up stuff.

No letting them interrupt classes for prayer would be a major win for Islam. And furtheremore, why should they get special treatment when no other religion demands this of the school system, for example: ever hear of a kosher school meal?

Well, muslims do get special treatment, they always get those suspisious looks from the whitey's.

I guess they all have to be bad because of 911 right, that is the way people blow shit outta proportion right.

[quote="Old Reliable":5da39]could you imagine the impact of letting muslim kids pray at school? just what osama bin laden wants[/quote:5da39]

May I ask how is that what osama bin laden wants?


Anyway my school has a room or two set aside for a person of any religion time between class to go pray or whatever they need to do for their religion Just very few choose to do it. That might be what the people in maryland want(i don't know for sure, you didn't post a link to the article)

There I posted a link on my first post.

Don't like it, get the fuck out. That simple.

ok, well a few of those request seem somewhat reasonable, but it seems that the schools there are celebrating more religious holidays then they should, the only holiday my school gets off for is Christmas and maybe easter but thats only because spring break is right after it

um whats this about no religion in schools?
i thought US schools had started teaching Christian slanted creationism instead of evolution.

Re: Should schools make accomodations for Muslim students?
 

[quote="Pfc.Green":6491d]Heard this story on FOX news.

Some Muslim families in Maryland asking public schools to accommodate their religion. Hmm last time I checked religions was not allowed in school, Now they want special praying times with prayer mats, what should they be allowed to interrupt classes so they can pray? do they want every muslim holiday off I mean geez you cant give them the whole friggen month off so they can do their Ramadan thing, you just cant do it. They want special menus for their diet, that I could live with. But the actaul practice of religion is not allowed in public school, and other religions dont get special treatment either, hell in some districts you cant have "christmas" partys, we dont interrupt classes to let Catholics have confession during 5th period. Religion should be kept out of the public schools, if you want special treatment because of your religion, then go to a religious school.

i know alot of you dont like B. O'reilly but he was right on here:
[url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70977,00.html"]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70977,00.html[/url][/quote:6491d]
Alright, who cares, chill out. I'm actually very disgusted that you posted a link to the Fox New on this forum. Second of all, how many people are supporting this? Every Muslim in America? Don't think so. So stop blowing up some stupid incident into a huge revolutionary event. And what do you care about schools anyway? I thought you wanted to increase the military budget, which is getting more than twice the amount of funding as schools are in America. I believe other religious groups have also been pushing for that crap too. Like the ten commandments on the wall and so on? Why don't you mention them? Or some Mormons that want days off for Sabbath.

Have a nice life.

No... but they are sensitive about it, by calling it a "theory."

I think it's funny. for years the Christian fundamentalist have been trying to force their will on the Americian public school system. Creationism, banning books, prayer in school. Maybe some of the their kids will convert to the Islamic faith, I would laugh my ass off.

well i cant see how having ramadan off is a bad thing, i mean in florida they have all the jewish holidays off + the christian ones like christmas(which is also a month long break) so i dont see any problem with them having muslim holidays in heavily muslim populated areas. also my texas district has a policy that if you are absent for a religious reason it is exused which is just as good as having a holiday..

[quote:1903d]This country wasn't founded upon any religion[/quote:1903d]


Try again

Why not allow everyone pray as they wish as long as they have permission from parents so they can skip a few lessons on prayer. And if they dont need to pray just gon with the lesson. Simple as that. What does the American system have to make a huge fuss about everything.

Democracy works like that.

Keep all religions out of public schools.

Screw them. I don't say "Sorry, I have to go outside and recieve the host." Public school = NO RELIGION. Do a few extra prayers to allah in the morning to make up for the ones you miss in class. Screw them.

2 people at work follow some religion that basically asks followers to learn and repect all religions. i open up their Outlook calander and theyve got at least 3 religious dates a week. i used to think being jewish would be the best for religious days off per year but this kicks arse.

...hmm, embrace all religions and become obliged to take allthe religious holidays, eh?....

...what are they called and where can I sign up...?... biggrin:

Mother fuck! I'm an atheist, I'm fucked.

Nah , hell with 'em . If schools start making changes for Muslims I'm becoming a Rasta and going back !!

who cares . let them pray in school. a special room just for praying.

Do you want a special room for your 'ghey'ness rituals.

If I can't say God Damnit in school, these towel heads better not be allowed to pray on their fucking rugs, in my hall.

Wow, this guy's opinion really matters!