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Maryland School Board Scraps Religious Holidays From Calendar

Nov 14, 2014 03:55 AM EST

Students at Montgomery County in Maryland would still have no classes during the yearend holidays. However, the school district would soon call that vacation time winter break instead of Christmas break. The change is part of the growing trend among Maryland school districts to be politically correct and not appear to favor certain religions by naming breaks after religious holidays.

Israel Grants Permits For Gazans to Pray at Jerusalem Mosque

Kristina Fernandez |

Oct 06, 2014 01:44 AM EDT

Hundreds of Muslim Gazans paid a rare visit to a key mosque in Israel on Sunday after restrictions against travel from the Hamas-controlled Palestine eased to make way for the celebration of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha.