Letters | June 20, 2019

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How MCPS cancelled Eid-al-Fitr

Regarding “Textbook definition of discrimination” about religious holidays and school closures (Voices, June 13), I’m an American Muslim who lives in Montgomery County. I have worked on this issue for years. A couple of years ago, Montgomery County Public Schools promised to close the schools for all
students on Eid by scheduling a teachers’ “professional day” on the holiday.

This year, June 4 — the date of Eid-al-Fitr — was scheduled to be just such a professional day. However, due to excessive snow days this past winter, MCPS needed an extra day and converted this professional day to a normal school day.
SAQIB ALI
Gaithersburg

Not so exciting
Jonathan Tobin writes that “Democrats have embraced Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as new and exciting leaders of their party” (“Black-Jewish caucus must target Farrakhan, Omar, Tlaib and the BDS movement,” Voices, June 13).

https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/enewsletter/

They’re definitely new members of Congress, but I’m not so sure about the other adjective. Perhaps Tobin meant “inciting.”

ALLAN SUCHINSKY

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