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Posted on 07/25/2007 6:18:50 PM PDT by radar101
Those having doubts that New York Department of Education’s proposed Arabic school - Khalil Gibran International Academy - will inevitably turn into a madrassah should consider how a similar experiment in the San Diego Unified School District is turning out.
In September Carver Elementary school [kindergarten - eighth grade] accepted nearly 100 students from a failed charter school which served a Somali Muslim constituency.
The school population now numbers approximately 400.
Though these kids are now being educated within the wall of Carver, they have not been incorporated into the main student population and operate as a school-within-a-school, a segregated elite with special privileges.
The controversy became a matter of public record when a substitute teacher Mary-Frances Stevens made a report to the local school board in which she claimed that Carver’s Muslim children were being led in Islamic prayer by a teacher’s aide. Steven’s, who subbed at the school on March 8 stated that the lesson plan she was given included the allotting of one hour for prayer.
The teacher’s allegation of religious indoctrination led to an investigation.
In true multicultural fashion, the school has gone to extreme lengths to accommodate its new students; the curriculum features the teaching of Arabic - the language of the Quran - single gender classes for girls as well as organized prayer...for Muslims only.
A new dhimmi class schedule - expressly designed to kow tow to Carver’s new students - was instituted. It created an extra 15 minute recess period as part of an hour set aside so that Carver’s Muslims can pray en-masse while in class. Additionally, the school cafeteria menu no longer serves pork or other foods which conflict with fundamentalist Muslim diet restrictions [halal].
Even Carver’s “winter holiday" celebration has not escaped the wrath of this brand of extreme multiculturalism, ripping the heart out of what was formerly the Christmas holiday by injecting extraneous cultural artifacts; as the San Diego Union Tribune notes:
“The school's winter holiday celebration featuring multicultural performances was a big hit. African-American, American, Muslim and other traditions were celebrated. “Carver has always been sensitive to the different cultures and always looked at the variety of cultures we have as an enrichment, not a problem," teacher Pamela de Meules said." [source “District wants to provide options," by Helen Gao http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20070412-9999-1m12carver.html]
Confronted by an apparent double standard which elevates Muslims over Christian and Jewish students, school principal Kimberlee Kidd attempted to explain, “I think there are so many misconceptions."
The actions taken by Carver’s officials have made them agents whereby Sharia [Islamic religious law] has been extended into a region of the public domain where heretofore an ACLU interpretation of church-state separation has prevailed.
On that note, the local ACLU is still “considering" its options in this matter…don’t hold your breath.
The unequal treatment on display at Carver is manifest, especially when seen in the light of how requests by Christians who have petitioned to have their prayer needs accommodated are routinely denied by public school officials. It goes without saying that public school cafeteria menus have seldom if ever been modified to accommodate the religious needs of Orthodox Jews who also must not eat pork.
As we have noted in previous articles regarding New York’s proposed Khalil Gibran International Academy [The Khalil Gibran School - Government Funded Da'wa, New York Set To Open A "Public" Jihad School, The Khalil Gibran School - Government Funded Da'wa] Islamists across the nation are taking advantage of and in some cases actually working hand in hand with public school administrators whose hostility to American traditionalism is palpable.
This explains the left’s embrace of radical Muslims.
The latter are intent upon shoving Sharia down the throat of the majority culture and multiculturally bound extreme liberals [which includes many school administrators] are happy to have allies which help them continue the attack on the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of America.
Somalis again...
I believe Roger Hegecock on KOGO said that the district had backed down on this...
Tell me about it. Here in Columbus they're the most hated bunch on the block. They make the illegal Mexicans look like model residents.
100 years from now what they rename the Washington monument will they have any idea from whence this country came?
Let this be a lesson to everyone. Committing atrocities and vicious acts of violence causes the liberals to wet their pants, hoist up the surrender flag, and give you everything you want.
They make the illegal Mexicans look like model residents.
Not in San Diego where we have tens of thousands of illegals and all their crime and expense and where our
southern border meets Mexico with the largest and busiest border crossing in the world.
We also have a large population of Somalis and others from the Horn of Africa.
Also over 30,000 Iraqis. and the list could go on.
Hey, Church and state is a different thing from Mosque and state. /s
They’ve taken over the airport in Mpls. You can’t buy a newspaper, magazine or stick of gum from anyone not wearing some head rag.
there should be class action suits against the boards of education in each community to stop this crap!!!
why should taxpayers fund these f’n muzzies?????
another example of pc lib/dems selling out the US!!!
I've seen your future firsthand FRiends.
Flame away all you want. A few years back here on FR I tried to forewarn of what was going to happen if you didn't stop - interestingly enough I even mentioned halal foods in public schools and such - which are nonetheless the least of your worries - it will get worse - much worse - because once you have given in and submitted it will be harder to take back.
There is an entire subsection on my blog entitled "Submission and Subjugation" - you might want to read it - please feel free to pass the link along
Completely? So what are the muzzles going to do? Say, "OH, well." I doubt it.
They are in our inner cities and frequently make the news.
You don’t see much of them during the day, but at night they congregate outside corner shops in big groups of 30 or 40 at a time. They don’t learn much English, are unemployed, and will stab you if you cross them.
See ? Immigration enriches the lives of us all!
Why is it, that every place we go to fight, we invariably end up bringing back refugees from that part of the world?
Think about this the next time somebody's banging the drum of war. And stay the hell out of Darfur!
Good idea.
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