Time was when traditional pious Muslims ‘not so very long ago’ would observe the Ramadan fast by going about their normal worldly business without extracting special privileges, importuning for concessions or paying heed to “information from the Muslim Council of Great Britain” to relieve the burden of the fast.
And if school children cannot cope with lessons because they cannot observe the fast, they should not be fasting at all. It is as simple as that.
But if Muslim pupils must observe the fast, they should be taken out of classes which they do not wish to participate in. Rearranging the entire school day for everyone else, simply to satisfy the needs of a few pupils who are Muslim and who observe Ramadan, is an exaggerated over-reaction and completely unorthodox. [The Spittoon] Read more
