Schools to close on Muslim holidays in order to cut absence rates

“Either people are British and go to British schools and have a particular holiday system, or we decide to carve the country up into areas that are Muslim and non-Muslim

This may not be that far from the truth, especially since muslim communities throughout Britain are allowed to govern their civil affairs with shariah law. Telegraph

Many Muslim children are currently taken out of lessons to celebrate religious festivals such as Eid.

In an attempt to lower levels of classroom absences, Manchester City Council is considering allowing schools attended by large numbers of non-Christians to close on these holy days.

Education departments in some parts of east London, where the majority of pupils are Muslim, already tell schools to close on two days for Eid.[...]

Douglas Murray, director of the Centre for Social Cohesion think tank, said: “Either people are British and go to British schools and have a particular holiday system, or we decide to carve the country up into areas that are Muslim and non-Muslim, and I think that’s what this does.

“To have a quota above which schools are designated as Muslims seems to be, putting it at its mildest, an unhelpful way to bring cohesion to Britain.