NYC Principal at Center of 'Intifada' T-Shirt Controversy Resigns

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[durasell]

NYC has always cut people a lot of slack. Many schools still have Christmas plays, decorations, etc. There are many specialized schools designed to meet the needs of a particular community.

When folks try to take it too far they get kicked to the curb.

[bboop]

Well done, Michelle Malkin. Keep up the heat. This school should NOT be funded by the taxpayers. What a travesty. Where’s the ACLU??

[woollyone]

...yet

[Rummyfan]

We should deport her hijab-wearing self back to Yemen! Now close the madrassah er ... school too!

[Rummyfan]

On Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg accepted the resignation of Debbie Almontaser

Um, I believe her name is Dabhah........

[hunter112]

Yow! She makes my first-grade nun look kindly!

Now that's interesting, a woman dressed like that talking about women "shaking off" oppression!

"Debbie Does Dhimmies"

[wtc911]

Most people equate Kahlil Gibran with 2000 positions of sex,

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Explain yourself please.

[PinkDolphin]

I can’t. I got the K mixed up with something else. I was emailing someone back and forth when I wrote that and wasn’t paying attention here and I ....
just don’t ask.

[jimfree]

This is somewhat confusing. Gibran was born Maronite Christian and best I can tell was never a fan of Islam even though some of his writings criticize Christianity. I'm very fond of a series of stories Khalil the Heretic.

[firebrand]

"Debbie brought to the work of creating the school strong dedication and a commitment to the success of all of New York City's children," New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein said in a statement. "She reflected that commitment by stepping aside as the schools leader when controversy about her remarks threatened to destabilize the school."

Klein has quite a large pair for issuing this whitewash, if you ask me. It was all done out of love on Debbie's part, don't you know.

[Malsua]

Debbie?

He real name probably sounds like someone hocking up a lung.

[firebrand]

Am I missing something?

Either your name is particularly apt or you simply have it completely backwards. It was the non-PC crowd that got her bumped. This was so egregious that even the head of the teachers' union joined on in a letter to the New York Post, becoming non-PC for a day.

[stanz]

Someone in the office here in NYC receives e-mails from the NYC Dept of Education. She was just notified that Debbie “Intifada” Almontaser has been replaced by a JEWISH principal!

Yuk yuk

[Coleus]

NYC Principal at Center of 'Intifada' T-Shirt Controversy Resigns
The Culture Wars: Former Christians Running Away [Alert]

 

why would a Jewish chancellor, mayor and teachers' union president want to push an Islamic School

 

more to the story is this:

 

The principal of a controversial city-funded Arab-themed school abruptly resigned yesterday after she ignited a firestorm by saying there was nothing wrong with T-shirts that said “Intifada NYC.”  Pressure for Debbie Almontaser’s ouster had mounted all week since her tortured explanation that “intifada” was a message of empowerment. The inflammatory statement was about Arab women in New York City “shaking off oppression” and not supporting the Palestinian uprising that killed thousands, she said.

 

http://stopthemadrassa.wordpress.com/

 

Did JFK "Steal" from Gibran the Words for his "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You" quote?
New York City’s school chancellor wants an Islamic public school
NYC Principal at Center of 'Intifada' T-Shirt Controversy Resigns

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

Snippet - Quote:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027438.php

September 2, 2009

New York: Former Arabic school principal’s lawsuit dismissed

Justice and common sense. Debbie Almontaser Update: “Lawsuit Filed by Principal Fired From Arabic School Is Dismissed,” by Anahad O’Connor for the New York Times, September 1 (thanks to James):

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against the founding principal of an Arabic-language school who sued the city, claiming that her rights were violated when she was fired in 2007 for defending the word “intifada” on a T-shirt.

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/03/does-an-islamic-supremacist-have-a-right-to-head-a-new-york-city-public-school.html

“Does an Islamic supremacist have a right to head a New York City public school?”

SNIPPET: “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems to think so. “The price of separatist schools,” a New York Post editorial, March 16:

Does a radical Muslim have a right to head a New York City public school? The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems to think so.
That panel ruled last week that city officials discriminated against Debbie Almontaser when they forced her out as principal of the taxpayer-funded madrassa she helped found.”

[backhoe]

[Cindy]

You’re welcome backhoe.