CT Schools Cancel Halloween Because it Offends Muslims

[Nosmo King]

Since when have Christians been against Halloween?

Always. It is a high holy day of Satan. Born again Christians have nothing to do with it. We pray against it. For weeks in advance. And afterward...

Have you ever thought about praying to God so He could provide you with common sense and a sence of humor and whimsy?

No. God has given me wisdom - which is greater than common sense and there is nothing humorous about Halloween. Listen to this interview with John Ramirez on what he used to be up to on Oct 31st - preparing 2 weeks in advance for - as he is a former Satanist who now serves Jesus Christ. You're in for a rude awakening.

Exposing Halloween 8211 Evangelist John Ramirez with Shannon Davis of Omega Man Radio John Ramirez Ministries

If one lives in fear and suspicion, it doesn't take much for everything to become a danger. Many people don't live under the fear of dogma, yet they have proven to be sterling citizens and valued members of their community.

I'm sorry for your paranoid outlook. I assure you that the vast majority of children dressed in costume and trick-or-treating are having a ball and are building precious memories of fun during their youth. They do not come home and instantly begin praising satan.

In the words of Warren Oates, lighten up, Francis.

 

[Nosmo King]

Ok, let's ban Halloween, Christmas, and Easter from our schools. Let's also ban Black History Month, Ramadan, Kwanza, Cinco De Mayo, Earth Day, and any other celebration that appeals to only one group of people. Ban all of them or none of them.

Earth Day? Are you in favor of polluting the planet? What could you possibly have against Earth Day?

No, I'm not, but the tree huggers who started "Earth Day" don't do anything to fight pollution.

What makes you say that? The first Earth Day in 1970 called the attention of the world to the problems of pollution. The world, at least around here, has become a vastly cleaner place.

They only address the problem as if it's the U.S. who is responsible for all the pollution. Their solution is ALWAYS to put restrictions on AMERICAN companies, never the REAL polluters.

Is that a view also shared among the nation's of the European Union?

 

[tinydancer]

Ok, let's ban Halloween, Christmas, and Easter from our schools. Let's also ban Black History Month, Ramadan, Kwanza, Cinco De Mayo, Earth Day, and any other celebration that appeals to only one group of people. Ban all of them or none of them.

Earth Day? Are you in favor of polluting the planet? What could you possibly have against Earth Day?

Hating Ira the disgusting swine of a beast who founded Earth Day. I always plant a a shrub or tree for Holly though.

Ira Einhorn - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[MisterBeale]

Never has any school given in to the Christians JWs, but for some stupid reason, some are worried about offending Muslims.

Muslims will behead you, bomb you or you kill you if you offend them, Jehovah's Witnesses won't.

Dearborn Michigan - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

As of the 2010 census the population of Dearborn was 98,153. The racial and ethnic composition was 89.1% Whites, 4.0% black or African-American, 0.2% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Non-Hispanics of some other race, 4.0% reporting two or more races and 3.4% Hispanic or Latino.[13] 41.7% were of Arab ancestry (categorized as "White" in Census collection data).[14]

Ok. So, like, in the largest Muslim city in the US, nearly a population of 100k, where 40% of the population is Muslim, why have there been no reports of violence since 9/11 if your MSM brain washing is so accurate?

 

[tinydancer]

Since when have Christians been against Halloween?

Always. It is a high holy day of Satan. Born again Christians have nothing to do with it. We pray against it. For weeks in advance. And afterward...

I realize Jeremiah that Anton La Vey claimed Halloween as being a high holy day for Satanists but it really has its basis originally as a Celtic celebration and then as a Christian holiday to recognize and pray for those souls who have left us behind.

All Hallows Eve. Christians world wide have celebrated this for centuries.

 

[Rikurzhen]

Never has any school given in to the Christians JWs, but for some stupid reason, some are worried about offending Muslims.

Muslims will behead you, bomb you or you kill you if you offend them, Jehovah's Witnesses won't.

Dearborn Michigan - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

As of the 2010 census the population of Dearborn was 98,153. The racial and ethnic composition was 89.1% Whites, 4.0% black or African-American, 0.2% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Non-Hispanics of some other race, 4.0% reporting two or more races and 3.4% Hispanic or Latino.[13] 41.7% were of Arab ancestry (categorized as "White" in Census collection data).[14]

Ok. So, like, in the largest Muslim city in the US, nearly a population of 100k, where 40% of the population is Muslim, why have there been no reports of violence since 9/11 if your MSM brain washing is so accurate?

I'm not sure what you mean.

Law enforcement officials in Dearborn, Mich. said they are investigating reports that dozens of Muslims shouting “Allahu Akbar” threw rocks, eggs and chunks of concrete at Christians marching through the 2012 Arab International Festival.

Bible Believers, a Christian ministry known for its ‘confrontational evangelism,’ drew outrage from Muslims after they marched through the annual Arab International Festival with a pig’s head and signs denouncing Islam. According to local reports, some of the signs declared “Islam is a religion of blood and murder.” Another sign accused the Prophet Muhammad of being a “child molesting pervert.”

A member of the Bible Believers filmed video as they group was accosted and attacked by Muslim young people.

“Let’s beat the s*** out of them,” one of the Muslims scream. “If you don’t like Dearborn then go the f*** back home.”

As the protesters marched, they were pelted with rocks, pieces of concrete, eggs and even milk crates. The video shows law enforcement officers riding on horses – but they did not intervene.

“We left Dearborn bloodied,” said Ruben Israel, a co-founder of Bible Believers. “Anything that was loose in the streets of Dearborn was tossed at us.
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Do any of your non-Muslim neighbors do this:

Federal agents say they have arrested and charged a Detroit-area man who had intentions of traveling to the Middle East to fight Syrian rebels with Hezbollah.

Mohammad Hassan Hamdan, 22, of Dearborn was taken into custody Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after passing through security but before boarding his flight.

An agent with the FBI Detroit Joint Terrorism Task Force said in a criminal complaint a source recorded multiple conversations with Hamdan, in which he spoke candidly about his desires and plans to assist Hezbollah in the war in Syria.
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Or this:

A former Dearborn resident on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list was killed in Syria, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub, 47, a senior commander with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, died last week while fighting to help Syria’s government, the Free Press reported.
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Any of your local Pastors doing this:

Preachers like Ahmad Musa Jibril, the American-born Muslim cleric from Dearborn, Mich., are important inspirational figures in the foreign fighter community – and he has a huge social media following. As many as 60 percent of the foreign fighters Maher studied were followers of Jibril on Twitter, his Facebook page has over 200,000 likes, making it 30 times more popular than the average fan page. He has his own YouTube channel where he has published scores of videos, including a 34-part lesson on the principles of Islamic monotheism. A number of the British fighters that Maher spoke to as part of his research said they watched his lengthy lecture series before traveling to Syria. . . .

Unlike the official social media accounts run by militant organizations like ISIL, Jibril connects directly with his followers, encouraging them in their faith and paying his respects directly to the friends and family of Jihadists killed in Syria. Most notably, after the death of British fighter Ifthekar Jaman in an ISIL offensive late last year, Jibril sent a message of condolence directly to his brother on Twitter.

“For the foreign fighters in Syria, it seems, Jibril is not just an eloquent and authoritative supporter, but is also someone who can be called upon to provide friendship and comfort in times of need,” said Maher’s study.
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[ScienceRocks]

Deport the muslims back to the middle east. If not your great grand-children will be bowing to allah 5 times a day.

 

[Ellipsis]

CT had better ban girls over 8 from attending school too because Muslims find educated women to be offencive.

Did CT stop for reguler prayers? No? Uh-oh Muslums will be offended!

 

[Clementine]

Islam is always treated with respect and never ridiculed by the left even though they openly bash all other religions. The ass-kissing continues. I'm sure many schools won't celebrate Halloween because the Muslims go fucking crazy any time they don't approve of something. Now schools keep up their efforts to push Islam on students. Maybe Muslims would be better liked if they stopped making so many unreasonable demands or maybe they could, for once, not bitch about offensive they find other people's customs. Welcome to the free country where everyone will be offended by something or other because free speech means you don't have to agree with government or anyone else.

The dislike of Islam often stems from their attitude toward others. We are still free to dislike people's actions. Muslims are not the target of violence the way other religions are, yet they complain the loudest because people aren't willing to change their ways to accommodate them. They need to learn to turn the other cheek and stop staying silent on the violence towards Christians and Jews in their home countries. When Christians are being slaughtered daily and all we hear are more complaints from Muslims about our offensive culture, it's hard to even like them. CAIR is nothing but a terrorist organization with way too much influence over Washington right now.

Why is the left so insistent that everyone accept Islam? They bash Christians and Jews all the time, but defend Muslims. Makes no sense. We never see schools or the administration asking people to be more tolerant of all religions. While they say 'all religions', they only mean Islam. Most hate crimes are against Jews and Christians.

This school attempted to have the female students wear hijabs all day to understand how Muslim women are oppressed. They are oppressed, but not by America. It's their own fellow Muslims who oppress them. Islam is their government and they want it that way even when it contradicts laws of other countries.

No Muslim is expected to learn the Ten Commandments or recite prayers from the bible. Can you even imagine the outrage if Muslim students were asked to remove their hijabs to respect non-Muslim women or wear a cross all day. They act like crosses on the walls of Catholic schools burn their eyes as it is. They have never been willing to embrace any other religions and claim theirs is the only valid one. It's always them asking the rest of us to embrace them. I am glad that parents and students have stood up and rejected the attempts to force Islam on them. You don't need to wear a hijab to know that it's a sign of oppression toward women.

Disliking Muslims rejecting your customs is not Islamophobia, as the left would have you believe. Killing Christians, gays, Jews and others for not adhering to sharia law is the problem. Disliking being pushed around is rational. Being Christophobic is the real problem here. It's Christians being slaughtered in alarming numbers while the Muslim refuse to stand up for them.

You'd think celebrating Halloween or failing to have halal food on every menu is worse than the beheadings, burning victims alive or throwing gays of rooftops if you listen to the current narrative on the left. They condemn those who merely reject the notion that we have to bend over for Muslims, but they don't spend time criticizing the senseless killings. They aren't happening here yet, but have happened in other countries that allow Muslims in. It is becoming a problem. We're still in the stage where government is giving special treatment to Muslims and asking us to show more respect for them than we have any other religions.

It's one thing for any religion to speak out against things. Christians have always disliked Halloween and wanted schools to stop celebrating it. It wasn't until Muslims had a problem with it that anything was done. I suspect that the administration favors Muslims to begin with and more and more people are going along simply because they fear what Muslims will do if you don't comply. People just let Christians have it when they disagree with them. The same people treat Muslims with kid gloves and usually go along with their wishes. Is it because they respect them more or are they afraid that people will be killed if they don't go along? I refuse to cowtow to bullies who threaten those who disrespect their religion.

If all Muslims did was express their opinions, they'd be like any other. But, they go sooo much farther. Look at how things are done in Muslim countries and the way we see more of that behavior in the countries they migrate to. Yes, the violence and intolerance is slowly spreading.



"Hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. are practically non-existent. According to the FBI stats, of 5,928 incidents tabulated in 2013, only 135 were deemed anti-Islamic, while 625 of which were anti-Jewish. Yet the school didn’t ask any students to wear Jewish yarmulkes (head caps) for a day.

Muslim women are indeed being oppressed — in Muslim nations.

But oppression by Muslims against Christians happens in nearly every Muslim nation, every single day. But don’t expect Christophobic teachers to actually educate their students in an inconvenient fact.

"Islamophobia" is a myth, promoted by the terror-linked radical group CAIR, and embraced by leftist teachers and administrators."

http://toprightnews.com/high-school-tries-to-get-female-students-to-wear-islamic-head-covering-backfires-big-time/

 

[S.J.]

The real reason muslims don't like halloween is because most of the scary costumes look like THEM.

 

[Coyote]

Jehovah Witnesses and Christians have opposed Halloween for years. Churches have often chose to celebrate a different event on that day to discourage kids from dressing as witches and ghouls. Jehovah Witnesses go door to door objecting to many things.

Never has any school given in to the Christians JWs, but for some stupid reason, some are worried about offending Muslims. What the hell makes such an intolerant group so special?

Hey, Muslims, celebrating holidays, like Halloween and Christmas, have been traditions here. You don't like it? Suck it up or leave. I promise not to go to any Muslim countries and bitch about their customs if they can respect ours and quit acting like they are being hurt by seeing Christmas trees or kids dressed in costumes on Halloween. Just don't participate.

Most schools celebrate Cinco de Mayo for some odd reason. And kids are banned from wearing American patriotic t-shirts on that day. It's always Americans who bend over so they don't offend people. Screw it.

If kids don't like Halloween, then don't join the other kids having fun.

Parents say they got letters from the principals stating that since not everyone celebrates Halloween, it should not be celebrated. When asked by one of the parents who exactly wouldn’t celebrate it, one teacher said "Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses" as two potential groups that "might be" offended. Lori Montano says it’s taking political correctness too far.


Connecticut Elementary Schools Cancel Halloween Because the Holiday Might ‘Offend’ Someone

http://toprightnews.com/?p=6857

As you pointed out: When asked by one of the parents who exactly wouldn’t celebrate it, one teacher said "Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses" as two potential groups that "might be" offended.


So... what is your issue? Is it ok to offend Muslims but not JW's? Or what?

Frankly - I don't give a shit who it offends, I think Halloween is fun and those folks should get a grip. But it is amusing you make it about Muslims.

 

[Coyote]

Islam is always treated with respect and never ridiculed by the left even though they openly bash all other religions. The ass-kissing continues. I'm sure many schools won't celebrate Halloween because the Muslims go fucking crazy any time they don't approve of something. Now schools keep up their efforts to push Islam on students. Maybe Muslims would be better liked if they stopped making so many unreasonable demands or maybe they could, for once, not bitch about offensive they find other people's customs. Welcome to the free country where everyone will be offended by something or other because free speech means you don't have to agree with government or anyone else.

The dislike of Islam often stems from their attitude toward others. We are still free to dislike people's actions. Muslims are not the target of violence the way other religions are, yet they complain the loudest because people aren't willing to change their ways to accommodate them. They need to learn to turn the other cheek and stop staying silent on the violence towards Christians and Jews in their home countries. When Christians are being slaughtered daily and all we hear are more complaints from Muslims about our offensive culture, it's hard to even like them. CAIR is nothing but a terrorist organization with way too much influence over Washington right now.

Why is the left so insistent that everyone accept Islam? They bash Christians and Jews all the time, but defend Muslims. Makes no sense. We never see schools or the administration asking people to be more tolerant of all religions. While they say 'all religions', they only mean Islam. Most hate crimes are against Jews and Christians.

This school attempted to have the female students wear hijabs all day to understand how Muslim women are oppressed. They are oppressed, but not by America. It's their own fellow Muslims who oppress them. Islam is their government and they want it that way even when it contradicts laws of other countries.

No Muslim is expected to learn the Ten Commandments or recite prayers from the bible. Can you even imagine the outrage if Muslim students were asked to remove their hijabs to respect non-Muslim women or wear a cross all day. They act like crosses on the walls of Catholic schools burn their eyes as it is. They have never been willing to embrace any other religions and claim theirs is the only valid one. It's always them asking the rest of us to embrace them. I am glad that parents and students have stood up and rejected the attempts to force Islam on them. You don't need to wear a hijab to know that it's a sign of oppression toward women.

Disliking Muslims rejecting your customs is not Islamophobia, as the left would have you believe. Killing Christians, gays, Jews and others for not adhering to sharia law is the problem. Disliking being pushed around is rational. Being Christophobic is the real problem here. It's Christians being slaughtered in alarming numbers while the Muslim refuse to stand up for them.

You'd think celebrating Halloween or failing to have halal food on every menu is worse than the beheadings, burning victims alive or throwing gays of rooftops if you listen to the current narrative on the left. They condemn those who merely reject the notion that we have to bend over for Muslims, but they don't spend time criticizing the senseless killings. They aren't happening here yet, but have happened in other countries that allow Muslims in. It is becoming a problem. We're still in the stage where government is giving special treatment to Muslims and asking us to show more respect for them than we have any other religions.

It's one thing for any religion to speak out against things. Christians have always disliked Halloween and wanted schools to stop celebrating it. It wasn't until Muslims had a problem with it that anything was done. I suspect that the administration favors Muslims to begin with and more and more people are going along simply because they fear what Muslims will do if you don't comply. People just let Christians have it when they disagree with them. The same people treat Muslims with kid gloves and usually go along with their wishes. Is it because they respect them more or are they afraid that people will be killed if they don't go along? I refuse to cowtow to bullies who threaten those who disrespect their religion.

If all Muslims did was express their opinions, they'd be like any other. But, they go sooo much farther. Look at how things are done in Muslim countries and the way we see more of that behavior in the countries they migrate to. Yes, the violence and intolerance is slowly spreading.



"Hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. are practically non-existent. According to the FBI stats, of 5,928 incidents tabulated in 2013, only 135 were deemed anti-Islamic, while 625 of which were anti-Jewish. Yet the school didn’t ask any students to wear Jewish yarmulkes (head caps) for a day.

Muslim women are indeed being oppressed — in Muslim nations.

But oppression by Muslims against Christians happens in nearly every Muslim nation, every single day. But don’t expect Christophobic teachers to actually educate their students in an inconvenient fact.

"Islamophobia" is a myth, promoted by the terror-linked radical group CAIR, and embraced by leftist teachers and administrators."

http://toprightnews.com/high-school-tries-to-get-female-students-to-wear-islamic-head-covering-backfires-big-time/

We get that you hate Muslims, ok? We get that you think anti-Islamic bigotry is ok. People used to feel that way about anti-semitism too.

 

[AceRothstein]

Top Right News, LOL

 

[Clementine]

As you pointed out: When asked by one of the parents who exactly wouldn’t celebrate it, one teacher said "Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses" as two potential groups that "might be" offended.


So... what is your issue? Is it ok to offend Muslims but not JW's? Or what?

Frankly - I don't give a shit who it offends, I think Halloween is fun and those folks should get a grip. But it is amusing you make it about Muslims.

JW and some Christians have been against Halloween for years. Does it bother me that they don't like it? NO. And it didn't bother anyone else because the schools never changed a thing. Suddenly, Muslims are against it and it's time to stop it. See my point here? No one has ever worried about offending other religions. They weren't going to do anything and no one ever accused atheists of being Christophobic or prejudiced against JW. Suddenly, anyone who doesn't care about offending Muslims is Islamophobic. It's because the reaction from many of them is deadly. And political correctness dictates that we all be nice to the Muslims and not treat them the way other religions have been treated for decades in this country.

 

[boedicca]

I am really looking forward to seeing gays insist that Muslim florists and bakers provide services for their weddings.

 

[Coyote]

As you pointed out: When asked by one of the parents who exactly wouldn’t celebrate it, one teacher said "Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses" as two potential groups that "might be" offended.


So... what is your issue? Is it ok to offend Muslims but not JW's? Or what?

Frankly - I don't give a shit who it offends, I think Halloween is fun and those folks should get a grip. But it is amusing you make it about Muslims.

JW and some Christians have been against Halloween for years. Does it bother me that they don't like it? NO. And it didn't bother anyone else because the schools never changed a thing. Suddenly, Muslims are against it and it's time to stop it. See my point here? No one has ever worried about offending other religions. They weren't going to do anything and no one ever accused atheists of being Christophobic or prejudiced against JW. Suddenly, anyone who doesn't care about offending Muslims is Islamophobic. It's because the reaction from many of them is deadly. And political correctness dictates that we all be nice to the Muslims and not treat them the way other religions have been treated for decades in this country.

How do you know it was canceled due to offending Muslims? They were just one of many groups. They didn't just spring up in 2015.

 

[Coyote]

Halloween cancelations that have nothing to do with offending Muslims:

School Says Halloween Disrespectful to Witches
School Axes Halloween, But District Says It's Alive!

 

[S.J.]

I am really looking forward to seeing gays insist that Muslim florists and bakers provide services for their weddings.

That's not likely to happen, they're both on the same team. Politics makes strange bedfellows.

 

[Syriusly]

Jehovah Witnesses and Christians have opposed Halloween for years. Churches have often chose to celebrate a different event on that day to discourage kids from dressing as witches and ghouls. Jehovah Witnesses go door to door objecting to many things.

Never has any school given in to the Christians JWs, but for some stupid reason, some are worried about offending Muslims. What the hell makes such an intolerant group so special?

Hey, Muslims, celebrating holidays, like Halloween and Christmas, have been traditions here. You don't like it? Suck it up or leave. I promise not to go to any Muslim countries and bitch about their customs if they can respect ours and quit acting like they are being hurt by seeing Christmas trees or kids dressed in costumes on Halloween. Just don't participate.

Most schools celebrate Cinco de Mayo for some odd reason. And kids are banned from wearing American patriotic t-shirts on that day. It's always Americans who bend over so they don't offend people. Screw it.

If kids don't like Halloween, then don't join the other kids having fun.

Parents say they got letters from the principals stating that since not everyone celebrates Halloween, it should not be celebrated. When asked by one of the parents who exactly wouldn’t celebrate it, one teacher said "Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses" as two potential groups that "might be" offended. Lori Montano says it’s taking political correctness too far.


Connecticut Elementary Schools Cancel Halloween Because the Holiday Might ‘Offend’ Someone

http://toprightnews.com/?p=6857

Just worth pointing out- that its not very Christian like to lie.

These schools never once claimed that they were cancelling Halloween celebrations because of Muslims- someone else claimed that.

Not exactly a coincidence that one of the biggest Muslim haters on the boards blames Muslims- for something Muslims weren't involved in? Not one mention of the Christians who object to Halloween- or the Jews- but blame the Muslims for something Muslims don't even care about. Pure bigotry.

Newington Schools Skip Halloween Parades, Parties
Crouse said she could not provide "an exact number" of complaints the district had received over the years because they are scattered among administrators and schools. Crouse said parents objected for religious or other reasons.

Certain religious groups, including Jehovah's Witnesses, some fundamentalist Christians and some Orthodox Jews, prohibit celebration of Halloween.

Visone said that he personally had not received a complaint about the celebrations during his five years leading Anna Reynolds, although he has heard of them at other town schools.

John Paterson School Principal Michael Gaydos said that a previous principal ended the school's Halloween parade four to six years ago because of concerns over obesity, safety and kids being left out.

"There were a good chunk of kids that were getting sent down to the office or into the media center," Gaydos said. "In public schools, it's tough to exclude kids. I totally get it from that perspective."

Gaydos and other school officials noted that many other Connecticut districts have discontinued Halloween parades in recent years for the same reason.

 

[Syriusly]

As you pointed out: When asked by one of the parents who exactly wouldn’t celebrate it, one teacher said "Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses" as two potential groups that "might be" offended.


So... what is your issue? Is it ok to offend Muslims but not JW's? Or what?

Frankly - I don't give a shit who it offends, I think Halloween is fun and those folks should get a grip. But it is amusing you make it about Muslims.

JW and some Christians have been against Halloween for years. Does it bother me that they don't like it? NO. And it didn't bother anyone else because the schools never changed a thing. Suddenly, Muslims are against it and it's time to stop it. See my point here?

Your point is you are willing to blame anything on Muslims- anything at all.

What Muslims are against Halloween at these schools?

Certain religious groups, including Jehovah's Witnesses, some fundamentalist Christians and some Orthodox Jews, prohibit celebration of Halloween.

NEWINGTON, Conn. (CBS Hartford) — Two Newington Schools have canceled Halloween festivities, upsetting many students’ parents, according to WTNH News.

The principals at Ruth Chaffee Elementary and Anna Reynolds Elementary are not allowing costumes to be worn in honor of the holiday.

Parents received letters from the principals at each respective school stating that because Halloween is a holiday not celebrated by everyone, it shouldn’t be celebrated at their schools.

And who doesn't celebrate Halloween? Jehovah's witnesses and some other Christians and some Orthodox Jews.

Who doesn't have a problem with celebrating Halloween in America?

Muslims

"They are having a Halloween party at her school and she was really sad and confused because she thought she couldn't participate," Haidar said. "I told her we can do both. It's not a matter of choosing between culture and religion. Celebrating Halloween or other holidays that aren't Islamic is not a big deal to me. I will set the boundaries at home as far as what my children should believe."