Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Dutch Christian schools to close for Ramadan feast

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=2854

[Religious Intelligence] 23 Sep 2008--At least two Amsterdam secondary schools with a Christian basis are to close during the Sugar Feast to accede to their Muslim pupils. Various other schools are also doing so, Reformatorisch Dagblad newspaper has reported.

The Calvijn met Junior College in Amsterdam and the Huygens College, also in the capital, are both closing for the Sugar Feast. The Islamic festival marks the end of the Ramadan month of fasting and falls on or around October 1 this year.

The Calvijn met Junior College is closing for two days, and the Huygens College for one. Both are VMBO schools - the lowest level of secondary education - and although they are Christian, their pupils are virtually all immigrants.

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