Posted on 03/28/2025 1:29:37 PM PDT by grundle
WHYY is the Philadelphia affiliate of both PBS and NPR.
They just reported the following.
The bolding is mine:
https://whyy.org/articles/al-aqsa-islamic-center-philly-shapiro-grant-community/
Shapiro announces $5M grant to Philly Muslim community center
A record $5 million redevelopment grant will help a private school that blends Islamic teachings with a standard curriculum.
By Carmen Russell-Sluchansky
March 26, 2025
Gov. Josh Shapiro joined an iftar dinner at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly to announce a historic grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim organization.
According to Asif Hussain, chairman of the board of Al-Aqsa Islamic Society, one goal for the funds will be to expand the center’s school by adding classrooms and teachers to better meet local demand, increasing attendance from the current 300 to up to 3,000.
“The idea is to have an academic center of excellence at school,” he said. “We have a school that’s K-12. It is very, very small and we have more candidates and more students than we have classrooms. So the idea would be to expand the facility and actually develop it into a full-fledged academic program.”
Al-Aqsa Academy, a private Islamic day and weekend school, was established in 1996. The coursework blends Islamic studies, the Arabic language and Quran classes with a standard K-12 curriculum, including math, science and social studies. The school’s website says its mission is to “provide students with a safe, nurturing, and uplifting Islamic environment that will help them achieve academic excellence.”
Founded in 1989 by a group of Palestinian immigrants, Al-Aqsa Islamic Society began as a modest house of worship in a rented storefront. Over the past three decades, it has grown into a multifaceted institution serving hundreds of families, drawing worshippers and community members from across the city’s Arab, South Asian, African and African American communities.
I don’t think NPR and PBS would be praising this $5 million government grant if the private religious K-12 school in question was either Christian or Jewish.
Quite the opposite, in fact. They’d be claiming that it’s an unconstitutional use of tax money.
But since the religion in question is Islam, NPR and PBS think it’s a wonderful thing.
Uhmmm.....ACLU? SPLC? ADL?
Church and State must be kept separate. That means no public money to a Church or a School.
Using tax dollars:
Muslim = reparations
Christians = bigotry and illegal
If that is the law, it's long been ignored. And not only for Muslims.
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money.
New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight.
A damfool governor!
The gov is like a Jewish clown leading children to their final showers.
The people that vote for him are the children.
Islam is NOT a religion. It’s an ideology rooted in oppression.
It’s a scourge on the human race. Can you imagine this on 9/12/2001? When will people stop being afraid of standing up to this cancer on humanity?
Damfool! Using his own rope, tying the knot and placing it around his neck to hang himself!
Islam is an EVIL DEATH CULT!
Complete silent about October 7th. Golden Calf Jew
But, checking further... Apparently, PA's 'Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program' (RACP) awards 'grants' for buildings, including religious schools and places of worship.
A few examples: RACP grants also have included $2 million to this Catholic school, $6.6 million to this synagogue, $2 million to this synagogue, $750,000 to this Baptist church, and $1.5 million to this Presbyterian church.
I guess the rest of us are losers. Maybe we should stop being so proud and play the 'government handout' game, too.
Because Shapiro is running for President in 2028, and he needs the Primary and General Election Muslim vote in Metro Detroit and other urban centers.
Shapiro was center-right on Israel for many years.
That probably cost him the Vice President nomination in 2024.
And, the absence of Shapiro on the Kamala Harris ticket in in 2024 probably cost Kamala the White House.
Shapiro is a popular governor in Pennsylvania, and he has excellent political skills, unlike that moron Governor from Minnesota that Kamala picked instead.
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