School near Milan stands ground over Ramadan closure

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 26 - A school near Milan that is at the centre of controversy for deciding to give its 40% Muslim students the day off at the end of Ramadan on April 10 on Tuesday called for its choice to be respected after its board confirmed it on Monday.
    The decision by the Iqbal Masih Comprehensive Institute in Pioltello caused an uproar, with the head teacher getting death threats from right-wingers on the Web.
    The Lombardy regional school office last week said the decision was irregular and urged it to rethink the move.
    But the school board has struck to its guns and on Tuesday it called for "respect for a choice that came spontaneously from within us, on the basis of reasons that we believe to be consistent with the right to education and with the Italian Constitution". (ANSA).