Howard County’s school board voted unanimously this week to markedly expand its schedule of religious and cultural holidays, a decision members said recognized the growing diversity of the suburban Maryland school system. Students will get days off next school year for two Jewish holy days, following a debate over whether to end the longtime practice….
Muslim students in California schools report being bullied and discriminated against at significantly higher rates than their peers, according to a study released Friday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The report is based on a 2014 statewide survey of more than 600 Muslim American students ages 11-18, who described incidents of discomfort in the…
Montgomery County schools won’t have classes on one of the Islamic faith’s major holidays next year, a significant victory for the local Muslim community after years of lobbying for the same treatment as Christians and Jews. Montgomery’s Board of Education voted 6 to 2 to support a measure that would move a professional work day…
The State, mayors in the Rhône-Alpes, and local religious leaders have set a goal to curb radicalization of young Muslims in the region, introducing 10 propositions. These include: opening the mosque to women, lessening financial burdens, mentoring Arab language schools, reinforcing interreligious dialogue, creating a regional council of Muslims. These goals are intended to “clarify”…
Youths from non-western backgrounds are strikingly more often unemployed than youths from Dutch descent. In 2015 8,8 % of native youths were unemployed as opposed to 21,5 % of youths with a non-western background. These and more statistics were bundled in a new factsheet on youth unemployment between 2010 and 2015 published by the Kennisplatform…
