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There is no free press under Islam. And there won't be a free press if Islam rules over New York.After the scandal of Zohran Mamdani meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj broke, the New York Post did what the rest of the local media refused to do, reporting on the fact that the candidate for mayor had…posed with an unindicted co-conspirator in the Blind Sheikh plot to bomb NYC landmarksspoke at a mosque that had been under NYPD surveillance for its terror tiesembraced an imam who had called for Jihad and the takeover of AmericaAs part of its reporting, the New...

FORMER PRINCIPAL OF ARABIC SCHOOL WANTS JOB BACK   By YOAV GONEN and TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS   October 16, 2007 --The former principal of the city's controversial Arabic academy launched an 11th-hour effort yesterday to get her old job back - and then slapped her would-be employer with a free speech lawsuit. MORE: How The Post Reported The StoryDebbie Almontaser submitted paperwork to be reinstated as principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, which she founded, in Brooklyn minutes before the application deadline expired. She then announced she is suing the Department of Education over what she called her "forced"...

Supporters of a controversial new Brooklyn academy focused on Arab culture and language said yesterday that the public school's former principal is considering legal action in the wake of her resignation under pressure last month. At a rally in lower Manhattan yesterday, politicians and advocates called for the reinstatement of Debbie Almontaser, who resigned as head of the Khalil Gibran International Academy. Almontaser stepped down four days after The Post ran an article in which she defended T-shirts bearing the imprint "Intifada NYC." "She is not speaking publicly about her resignation, but she is consulting with an experienced civil-rights lawyer,"...

NYC Principal at Center of 'Intifada' T-Shirt Controversy Resigns Friday , August 10, 2007 NEW YORK — A New York City principal who came under fire for controversial comments about an "intifada" T-shirt that seemed to condone terrorism has resigned. On Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg accepted the resignation of Debbie Almontaser, principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, an English-Arabic school set to open next month in Brooklyn, N.Y. Almontaser had come under fire for comments she made to the New York Post about an "Intifada NYC" T-shirt that is sold by an activist group that shares an office with...