The Italian government will ban schools from closing for Muslim holidays
Every year, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan fasting, schools in Italy with a large number of Muslim students close to allow them to celebrate this event. However, this practice may soon come to an end.
The government of Giorgia Meloni wants to pass a law that prevents Italian schools from closing for religious holidays not recognized as official public holidays in the country.
This was confirmed by the Minister of Education, Giuseppe Valditara, who detailed in the Council of Ministers that the mentioned regulation will limit the closing of schools for religious reasons. “From now on, it will no longer be allowed to close a school for a holiday not recognized by the State,” he announced.
The decision comes after several schools and universities, mainly in the north of Italy, requested to suspend classes for the Islamic holiday. An initiative that the Italian executive did not appreciate.
