FORT GREENE, Brooklyn (WABC) –Brooklyn Tech seniors will gather at Pier Sixty for the prom on June 3, but not all their classmates will be able to attend the big bash at the hot spot billed as the largest waterfront venue in Manhattan.
The party this year falls during Ramadan, a month-long time of religious fasting and prayer for observant Muslims.
“Obviously the date wasn’t the best date,” said senior Pakeza Sahbbir, who will be not attending. “You’re not suppose to listen to music during Ramadan, so that’s why it’s not really allowed.”
In an online petition, students are asking school officials to move the prom to another day so that everyone can participate. About 1,300 students go to Brooklyn Tech, but the school does not track religious affiliation.
“I know how it feels to fast,” student Saima Afrin said. “I feel very tired throughout the day, so I won’t want to go out. I’d sleep and stuff.”
In an effort to accommodate everyone, school officials said they won’t serve food at the prom until 9 p.m., after fasting ends at sundown.
[This does not accommodate everyone. It only accommodates Muslims and overwhelmingly negatively affects non-Muslims who essentially have to submit to sharia and fast themselves until 9PM.]
The principal also met with the Muslim Student Association Tuesday to make sure this never happens again.
ht/ annie
So they’re going to sit in a room with no music until 9PM when they can eat?
Great prom.
Xmas break is now winter break, Easter break is now spring break, Halloween (FFS) is now fall break.
Fuck your ramadan right in the goathole, the school also doesn’t track cult followings.
Ramadan?
WTF
since when do we celebrate ramadam
They want to kill us you fools
New Yowk.
‘nuf said.
Boycott the prom.
Sorry We Don’t RUBADONG Here Mustafa !
You just know there are less than 100 Muslims in the school
Amazing the lengths you will go to when there are people who may blow up over nothing.
This is utter BS. I know some Muslims and none of them had a prohibition on music during Ramadan. It’s true that the observant ones would fast from dawn to dusk but that wouldn’t stop them from going out on the town. I’d bet cash money it’s a handful of muslim students seeing how much power they can exert. Giving in to the tyranny of the minority is the worst thing the school can do.
10 minutes ago the school was screeching about separation of church and state.
Then let them eat pork!
Wasted effort. They will kill you anyway.
What, it’s an all male prom?