A New Jersey school district is apologizing after an assistant high school principal shared a flyer with anti-Semitic undertones to inform staff about Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, prayer and reflection for the Muslim community.
The flyer was sent Monday, the start of Ramadan, by the assistant principal of Columbia High School in Maplewood. The notice begins innocuously, expounding upon the meaning of Ramadan and terms to know, and what the holiday means for schools. A paragraph at the bottom, though, accuses the U.S. of "co-conspiring" with Israel to prevent "Muslim Palestinians from partaking in Ramadan, as the Israeli Zionist occupation enacts a genocide against them."
The letter got shared widely.
Backlash was swift, with the superintendent putting out a written apology hours later as some parents demanded the state take over the beleaguered school district.
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A New Jersey school district is apologizing after an assistant high school principal shared a flyer with anti-Semitic undertones to inform staff about Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, prayer and reflection for the Muslim community. The flyer was sent Monday, the start of Ramadan, by the...
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