Posted on 08/24/2007 6:21:44 PM PDT by Kaslin
Homeland Security: Oops, New York officials hired a pro-jihad radical to run a controversial new Arabic academy. The principal quit after critics outed her. What else don't officials know?
Protesters last week picketed outside the public school, demanding the city abandon plans to open it next month. Local assemblymen have fired off angry letters to the New York City education department to protest the school's opening.
But it hasn't deterred PC officials, who say they're "confident" the Khalil Gibran International Academy will not become the Islamic "madrassa" that critics fear.
Their confidence is curious. Just this month, they saw the "moderate" principal they picked to head the school resign under the heat of a simple background check they failed to conduct.
Turns out Dabah Almontaser, a Yemeni native, shares offices with an Islamist group that sells T-shirts encouraging New York Muslims to join the "intifada" — a Palestinian campaign of terror that has left 1,221 Israelis dead. Asked about it, Almontaser defended the intifada, outraging New Yorkers.
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Open the school! after all, its a religion of peace. /s
The latest news is that Debbie Almontasar, the Principle, resigned after the blow-up over the “Intifada NYC” T-shirt she was wearing.
The new Principal is Jewish.
I see absolutely no reason for this school to exist.
Arabic should be offered as a language option in schools, alongside the Romance Languages, Latin, Greek, Chinese, Russian and Hebrew already offered by the NYC school system.
This school is an outrage.
Common Sense does elude some people!
Damn straight it is.
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If New Yawkers allow this travesty, I never.......EVER........want to hear their pathetic chest-thumping about how ‘tough’ they are.
More here about the new Jewish principal, Danielle Salzberg:
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What difference would it make if the principle was Jewish or Mormon? I have never known GW’s ‘Religion of Peace’ to ever worry about someone’s race, creed, or color.
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Last I remember, the only languages offered by Lincoln HS were Spanish, French, Italian and Russian.
This school could be moved to the former site of the WTC, as an offering of peace and understanding to the Religion Of Peace. I mean, I recall the show of solidarity from The Religion Of Peace, the patriotic parades, the protests against the terrorists, the disclaiming of Bin laden-—it put the Irish and Italian parades to shame. We need to put the school there, to show we want them to love us, and that we mean no harm.
When does the publicly funded Baptist Academy open in NYC?
Damn good point. I second that sentiment. NYC Put up or STFU.
you might have forgotten this...
/sarcasm
I’ll send you the bill...;-)
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