Montgomery County’s school board effectively turned down a request Tuesday from leaders of the county’s growing Muslim community to recognize an Islamic holy day next school year with an official day off.
Saying they could not simply add a school closing for a religious occasion, board members asked that student and staff attendance be monitored closely on future Muslim holidays to determine whether there is sufficient absenteeism to warrant such a move.
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MP persecuted for telling the obvious truth about Islam's sexist culture
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Savita Halappanavar was in agony but her doctors remained obstinate.
The 31-year-old dentist was 17 weeks pregnant on Oct. 21 when her husband Praveen rushed her to a hospital in Galway, Ireland. After an examination at the coastal city’s university hospital, Halappanavar was told she was miscarrying.
Over a three-day stretch, Halappanavar and her husband asked repeatedly that her pregnancy be terminated.
Doctors refused, saying that they could still detect a fetal heartbeat. At one point, Halappanavar was told, “This is a Catholic country,” according to The Guardian.
“Savita was really in agony,” Praveen told the The Guardian . “She was very upset, but she accepted she was losing the baby.
When the consultant came on the ward rounds on Monday morning Savita asked if they could not save the baby could they induce to end the pregnancy. The consultant said, “As long as there is a fetal heartbeat we can't do anything.”
“Again on Tuesday morning, the ward rounds and the same discussion. The consultant said it was the law, that this is a Catholic country. Savita said, 'I am neither Irish nor Catholic,' but they said there was nothing they could do,” Praveen said.
On Oct. 25, the dead fetus was finally removed after the heartbeat stopped but it was too late. Efforts to improve Halappanavar’s condition with dialysis and blood platelets failed.
At 1 a.m. on Oct. 28, her husband was asked to sit with her wife during her final moments.
“The nurse came running I was just standing outside ICU,” he told Irish broadcaster RTE. “She just told me to be brave and she took me near Savita and she said: ‘Will you be OK to be there during her last few minutes?’ I said ‘Yes I want to.’”
She was pronounced dead early Oct. 28.
Saying they could not simply add a school closing for a religious occasion, board members asked that student and staff attendance be monitored closely on future Muslim holidays to determine whether there is sufficient absenteeism to warrant such a move.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...b01374-2d13-11e2-9ac2-1c61452669c3_story.html
MP persecuted for telling the obvious truth about Islam's sexist culture
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...as-mp-attacks-sexist-muslim-culture-1-5129113
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/a...and-after-woman-denied-quick-termination-dies
Savita Halappanavar was in agony but her doctors remained obstinate.
The 31-year-old dentist was 17 weeks pregnant on Oct. 21 when her husband Praveen rushed her to a hospital in Galway, Ireland. After an examination at the coastal city’s university hospital, Halappanavar was told she was miscarrying.
Over a three-day stretch, Halappanavar and her husband asked repeatedly that her pregnancy be terminated.
Doctors refused, saying that they could still detect a fetal heartbeat. At one point, Halappanavar was told, “This is a Catholic country,” according to The Guardian.
“Savita was really in agony,” Praveen told the The Guardian . “She was very upset, but she accepted she was losing the baby.
When the consultant came on the ward rounds on Monday morning Savita asked if they could not save the baby could they induce to end the pregnancy. The consultant said, “As long as there is a fetal heartbeat we can't do anything.”
“Again on Tuesday morning, the ward rounds and the same discussion. The consultant said it was the law, that this is a Catholic country. Savita said, 'I am neither Irish nor Catholic,' but they said there was nothing they could do,” Praveen said.
On Oct. 25, the dead fetus was finally removed after the heartbeat stopped but it was too late. Efforts to improve Halappanavar’s condition with dialysis and blood platelets failed.
At 1 a.m. on Oct. 28, her husband was asked to sit with her wife during her final moments.
“The nurse came running I was just standing outside ICU,” he told Irish broadcaster RTE. “She just told me to be brave and she took me near Savita and she said: ‘Will you be OK to be there during her last few minutes?’ I said ‘Yes I want to.’”
She was pronounced dead early Oct. 28.
