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RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan
January 8, 2016 at 8:48 pm
(January 8, 2016 at 8:47 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:
(January 8, 2016 at 8:43 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: WHAT expense?  The kids are sitting their exams early - ALL of the kids are sitting their exams early.  No one is at a disadvantage, no one is going to suffer by this.  Exam season doesn't roll round for several months yet, so everyone knows they'll have a few fewer days for revision.

This isn't pandering - this is a reasonable accommodation of religious belief.  No one is being hurt by this.

Boru

Agreed, there is a significant Muslim presence in the UK, making such an adjustment is not unreasonable. 

Now institutionalized Sharia, that's a different story.

And a completely different topic.

Boru
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UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Regina - January 7, 2016 at 9:44 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by ApeNotKillApe - January 7, 2016 at 10:17 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 7, 2016 at 10:50 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 4:47 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 4:54 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 4:59 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 5:06 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 6:11 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by ApeNotKillApe - January 8, 2016 at 10:48 pm
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 7:23 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Aractus - January 8, 2016 at 7:41 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Regina - January 8, 2016 at 4:12 pm
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 9:17 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Aractus - January 8, 2016 at 9:37 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Pat Mustard - January 8, 2016 at 9:40 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Pat Mustard - January 8, 2016 at 9:29 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Ben Davis - January 8, 2016 at 9:57 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Ben Davis - January 11, 2016 at 11:29 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 11:13 am
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by Ben Davis - January 8, 2016 at 1:20 pm
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 3:04 pm
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by robvalue - January 8, 2016 at 5:45 pm
RE: UK to set school exams around Ramadan - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 8, 2016 at 8:48 pm

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