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Legendary Christian coach canned after student converts (Muslim principal fires him)
World Net Daily ^ | 7-28-09 | Drew Zahn

Posted on 07/28/2009 7:27:28 AM PDT by truthandlife

A high school hall-of-fame and Christian wrestling coach in Dearborn, Mich., claims he was muscled out of his long-tenured coaching job by the school's principal, a devout Muslim, because the administrator was furious over a student wrestler who had converted to Christianity from Islam.

Gerald Marsazalek has coached wrestling for 35 years at Dearborn Public Schools, amassing more than 450 wins and, in addition to being added to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, was named "Sportsman of the Year" by the All-American Athletic Association.

Despite Marsazalek's success, however, Principal Imad Fadlallah of Dearborn's Fordson High School ordered the administration not to renew the coach's contract, allegedly in retaliation over the student's conversion and to continue a campaign of flushing Christianity out of the school.

"We are getting a glimpse of what happens when Muslims who refuse to accept American values and principles gain political power in an American community," said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, which is representing Marsazalek. "Failure to renew coach Marszalek's contract had nothing to do with wrestling and everything to do with religion."

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: aclumia; christian; coach; dearborn; dearbornistan; exmuslims; fired; freedomofreligion; islam; islamicimperialism; islamiclands; islamiclaw; islamofascism; lifeamongthekufir; michigan; mosqueandstate; muslimamericans; religiousintolerance

1 posted on 07/28/2009 7:27:28 AM PDT by truthandlife
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To: truthandlife

Liberals and Muhamaeddins - a match made in hades.


2 posted on 07/28/2009 7:29:53 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: truthandlife

Call Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ and within a month he will be reinstated, the school will pay cash, or both. This is a cut and dry violation.


3 posted on 07/28/2009 7:32:26 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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To: fishtank
Nothing will be done since his mentor Obama is a Muslim too..They are taking over our country and others so they will rule America unless something is done..Would you think this would be a holy war except against Christians..One thing we won't have to worry about is they will not take over heaven and with things going the way they are here in this country it is only a matter of time until Jesus comes back for us..He will also destroy all these murdering bastards. ..

People take your children out of that school and make sure the tax money they get no longer comes in to them..Fight for your rights or let them tell you who you can worship..

4 posted on 07/28/2009 7:36:32 AM PDT by PLD
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To: FreepShop1
I agree J Sekulow and the ACLJ can get the job done..It just makes me so angry to see what these criminals are doing to our country..
5 posted on 07/28/2009 7:38:24 AM PDT by PLD
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To: truthandlife
Principal Imad Fadlallah of Dearborn's Fordson High School

Like a metastasizing, cancerous tumor, the mohammedans' tentacles reach further into our society... I sure as HELL hope the coach fights them on this!

6 posted on 07/28/2009 7:38:35 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: truthandlife
Ahhhh. Lovely Dearbornistan (pronounced Deer*burn*istan by the natives). Where one can here the call to prayer five times a day.

We should have asked 4-5 hundred thousand people to go home after 9/11. After the next large event, we will see in these the cradle of our downfall by being weak and not doing as much.

7 posted on 07/28/2009 7:39:01 AM PDT by dersepp (Orwell Was An Optimist)
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To: truthandlife

We REALLY need to et all these damn Muslims - every last one - the hell out of America. The sooner the better.


8 posted on 07/28/2009 7:40:49 AM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: truthandlife

I would never allow my children to attend a school whose principal was a “devout muslim”.


9 posted on 07/28/2009 7:42:02 AM PDT by Prokopton
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To: truthandlife

ROP


10 posted on 07/28/2009 7:42:33 AM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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To: dersepp
"We should have asked 4-5 hundred thousand people to go home after 9/11. "

Or reactivated the WWII internment camps.

11 posted on 07/28/2009 7:46:07 AM PDT by Reo
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To: truthandlife

Well yeah but, it’s not like we live in a Christian nation, after all. Just ask our acting president!


12 posted on 07/28/2009 7:47:00 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: truthandlife

Sinse the 5th century, muslims have declared war on christians. Truly moderate muslims are ignorant of the Koran. Just look at nations with muslim majoities, they all have conflict on their borders. Now here in America, where there is a muslim majority, there is conflict. The UK has sharia courts. Wake up America. The Koran tells muslims it’s ok to lie if the end result is domination and ultimate conversion. The Koran says it’s ok to surrender to peace when they do not have the majority. They are working behind the scenes, and biding their time. We must not tolorate this, and push back HARD.


13 posted on 07/28/2009 7:51:05 AM PDT by 724th
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To: truthandlife

>>>Principal Imad Fadlallah of Dearborn’s Fordson High School ordered the administration not to renew the coach’s contract, allegedly in retaliation over the student’s conversion and to continue a campaign of flushing Christianity out of the school.

People might want to wait and see before screaming Jihad. “Flushing Christianity out of the school” might be true or it might be the coach playing the victim card himself to keep his job. Somehow I think there might be a little more to the story.

Hair triggers frequently get someone shot in the foot.


14 posted on 07/28/2009 7:52:12 AM PDT by tlb
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To: fishtank
I called the high school. Ended up talking to the Communications Director. He said the coach was not fired, only his contract was not renewed. They could not say anything else as there is a law suit filed. I pulled up the high school website...it has Arabic written all over it, if you look at their newsletter. I ask why they couldnt read and speak English...he said the same reason that many schools post in English and Spanish. Many students cannot speak English. He said they were citizens of the United States...I ask how they could be because you have to speak English to become an American. He had no answer....
15 posted on 07/28/2009 7:52:46 AM PDT by native texan
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To: ZULU

I’d be happy to “et” ‘em.....just don’t know exactly how to cook ‘em!

Militant


16 posted on 07/28/2009 7:52:51 AM PDT by militant2 (I may not agree with everything you say, but......hell, I don't agree with anything you say!)
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To: 724th

“Sinse the 5th century, muslims...”

Anachronism alert!


17 posted on 07/28/2009 7:53:52 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: ZULU
We REALLY need to (g)et all these damn Muslims - every last one - the hell out of America.

Most Americans are not really anything religiously. It's a facade. That is why the vacuum is being filled with Islam. And, Islam will put YOU out of the country. Either people turn back to God or He is going to give them over into the hand of those who follow Allah as punishment.

18 posted on 07/28/2009 7:54:20 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: swain_forkbeard

Did not the battle of Uhud take place in Medina in 625 Ad


19 posted on 07/28/2009 7:59:31 AM PDT by 724th
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To: truthandlife

That’s why its called Dearbornistan!

What a jolly holly place that PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL must be.


20 posted on 07/28/2009 8:06:02 AM PDT by silverleaf (If you can't be a good example, at least don't be a horrible lesson)
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To: truthandlife

The ACLU doesn’t mind Mosque and State one bit.


21 posted on 07/28/2009 8:06:03 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: truthandlife

Dearbornistan.

Now it makes sense.


22 posted on 07/28/2009 8:06:41 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: native texan

When you called, did you have to press two for English?


23 posted on 07/28/2009 8:08:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: native texan

http://fhs.dearbornschools.org/

da-yum


24 posted on 07/28/2009 8:09:51 AM PDT by silverleaf (If you can't be a good example, at least don't be a horrible lesson)
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To: a fool in paradise

nope...but it took three calls to get to the right petrson. Name David Muston, 313-827-3006


25 posted on 07/28/2009 8:16:18 AM PDT by native texan
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To: native texan

right person...sorry, I am a little irate.


26 posted on 07/28/2009 8:17:52 AM PDT by native texan
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To: truthandlife
"We are getting a glimpse of what happens when Muslims who refuse to accept American values and principles gain political power in an American community," ...

Enough said.

27 posted on 07/28/2009 8:20:54 AM PDT by Grammy (politics... poli ( many ) tics ( blood suckers ))
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To: native texan
"I called the high school. Ended up talking to the Communications Director. He said the coach was not fired, only his contract was not renewed. "

Most teachers work on one-year contracts. It's a way of getting around tenure (and an idea which I basically support). But not getting renewed is essentially the same as getting fired, unless they are reducing enrollment or dropping whatever subject the teacher is teaching.

In Illinois, my wife (a teacher) filed a protest against the District for inviting the GLSN people in for seminars and authorizing gay clubs, sending a politely worded argument against the move to each of the school board members. Other teachers told her she would lose her job. No one responded to any of the letters. Five weeks later she got her notice that "due to reorganization" she was not being rehired for the next year, despite excellent reviews.

She since moved on to a different (and actually much better) district.

28 posted on 07/28/2009 8:24:35 AM PDT by cookcounty
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To: truthandlife
""Subsequently, in full view of students and faculty," the lawsuit states, "Fadlallah approached the young Fordson student who had chosen to be baptized a Christian at Hancock's summer wrestling camp, punched the student and advised the student he had 'disgraced his family' by converting to Christianity from Islam."

Heavy, heavy charge. If this article is remotely accurate, Principal Fadlallah needs to be booted out and pay damages.

29 posted on 07/28/2009 8:32:27 AM PDT by cookcounty
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To: truthandlife

Link to yesterday’s article in the 178-year-old Detroit Free Press (called “the Freep” before there was an internet!):

http://www.freep.com/article/20090727/NEWS02/90727077/Christian-coach-files-suit-against-Dearborn-schools


30 posted on 07/28/2009 8:39:02 AM PDT by cookcounty
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To: truthandlife

I think this one will get very interesting indeed.


31 posted on 07/28/2009 8:39:16 AM PDT by the long march
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To: truthandlife

bump!


32 posted on 07/28/2009 8:40:13 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: fishtank

So... this is how the end will come


33 posted on 07/28/2009 8:47:52 AM PDT by GeronL (Guilty of the crime of deviationism.)
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To: PLD
"I agree J Sekulow and the ACLJ can get the job done..It just makes me so angry to see what these criminals are doing to our country."

Don't get angry, get legal! As the article states, the Thomas Moore Law Center has taken the has taken the case. They filed a federal lawsuit against Fordson High School, and its Muslim principal, Imad Fadlallah.

Keep these handy:

Thomas Moore Law Center

American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)

Alliance Defense Fund (ADF)

The Rutherford Institute

The Pacific Justice Institute

Liberty Counsel

Christian Legal Society
34 posted on 07/28/2009 8:48:09 AM PDT by Leonard210 (Tagline? We don't need no stinkin' tagline.)
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To: silverleaf; All

Your link scared the hell out of me. There is a scholarship program for students from this school only. Four years at Michigan. Fund started by a grad who wanted to give back. The list of ‘scholars” for 2008-2012 ALL are folks who are definitely of middle eastern extraction ( not a Smith or a Jones or Sanchez anywhere) and I would put my money on likely to be muslim. Crapola


35 posted on 07/28/2009 8:51:13 AM PDT by the long march
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To: 724th

Don’t know that particular fact. I know the hegira is dated to 622 AD. So there were no Muslims before the 7th century.


36 posted on 07/28/2009 8:56:33 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: truthandlife

Anyone who doesn’t think American muslims will put their religion above country and all else is dangerously delusional.

I know it will never come to pass, but muslims should never be allowed in positions of power or influence in this country for precisely that reason alone.


37 posted on 07/28/2009 8:57:46 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Impeach the sumbeech)
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To: Leonard210
I will keep these because who know when any of us might need a good Christian Lawyer..Thank you!
38 posted on 07/28/2009 8:58:42 AM PDT by PLD
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To: Leonard210
Don't get angry, get legal! As the article states, the Thomas Moore Law Center has taken the has taken the case. They filed a federal lawsuit against Fordson High School, and its Muslim principal, Imad Fadlallah.

Good for the Thomas Moore Law Center. The school and the principal are basically cowards; the principal will push and push as long as noone pushes back, and the school will go along to get along, and hope noone bothers to raise a ruckus. Once the school district begins to hear the noise, and especially when they start fearing dollar signs flying out the door, they'll get off their rumps and correct the situation.

39 posted on 07/28/2009 8:59:53 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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To: militant2

Sprinkle with pork fat.


40 posted on 07/28/2009 9:17:17 AM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: truthandlife

I remember when this story broke last year. If this is the assistant coaches son, it looks like he was a great wrestler as well as a good Christian!

2009 Division I State Finals:

135 Paul Hancock Record: 55- 1 1st Place

Result Opponent School How
Won Bryan Hughes Hartland T-Fall 17-0 3:59
Won Andy Jones Grand Ledge Dec 7-5 OT
Won Josh Roberts Roseville Dec 6-5
Won Jared Stephens Westland John Glenn Dec 8-6 OT


41 posted on 07/28/2009 9:17:40 AM PDT by laker_dad
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

You are exactly right.

Since the Supreme Court decision which removed prayer from public schools, America has moved down the trail towards state atheism. Now our atheistic nation is threatened by an invasion of homicidial, proselytizing fanatics who tolerate no other religious belief.

And the same politically correct morons who removed Judaeo-Christian beliefes from public life are aiding and abetting them.


42 posted on 07/28/2009 9:19:59 AM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: tlb
Somehow I think there might be a little more to the story.

Ya think? Wing Nut Daily has a habit of omitting certain details that might blunt the emotional impact of their "reporting."

43 posted on 07/28/2009 9:30:07 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: truthandlife

And some people wonder why the ammo market hasn’t been saturated yet....


44 posted on 07/28/2009 9:45:59 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (BLOAT - Buy lots of ammo today)
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To: truthandlife

The Principal without principles, Mr. FaddiePoo is toast, crisped toast, too.


45 posted on 07/28/2009 2:31:07 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: FreepShop1
Agree - Sekulow is great. I'd also send a donation to the Thomas More Law Center, which is defending the Christian coach and other Christian faculty.

Thomas More Law Center
P.O. Box 393
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Ph. (734) 827-2001

46 posted on 07/28/2009 3:54:09 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("The first duty of intelligent men of our day is the restatement of the obvious. " - George Orwell)
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To: truthandlife

Yep. Muzzies can convert US but we can’t convert them. What a satanic bunch.


47 posted on 07/28/2009 4:04:43 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: truthandlife

Detroit is beyond saving.

Let them go into their hell-hole of their own making.


48 posted on 07/28/2009 4:49:21 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: truthandlife; Leonard210; All

Thanks to all posters and linkers. BTTT!


49 posted on 07/28/2009 5:54:19 PM PDT by PGalt
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