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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Politically Correct

(Fox News) - A decision by a suburban Chicago school district to stop the celebration of traditional holidays such as Halloween and Christmas in order to avoid offending Muslims, has even some Muslim parents upset.

A Chicago TV station reports officials in Oak Lawn, Illinois say children will celebrate "Fall Festival" instead of Halloween and "Winter Festival" instead of Christmas. This comes after one Muslim parent complained that Ramadan decorations he had wanted in an elementary school were taken down. Said another Muslim parent about the new ban on holidays, "to take away Halloween and Christmas from little kids, that is very wrong."

The school board is set to meet Tuesday night and the holiday issue is expected to be discussed.

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