Posted on 10/17/2010 10:25:24 AM PDT by combat_boots
The latest outrage in a textbook case of Islamic supremacism in a taxpayer funded Islamic school is the thug-like Muslim intimidation and bullying of anyone who challenges this publicly funded madrassah. I have been covering this school since early 2008.
This is a "teachable moment" for the ACLU, which has generally refrained from tackling issues of separation of mosque and state despite its war on Christianity and the separation of church and state. TiZA is an egregious violation of the separation of mosque and state, which is why the ACLU is suing the school. Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) is a K-8 charter school in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Charter schools are public schools, and by law must not endorse or promote religion. But TIZA is an Islamic school, funded by Minnesota taxpayers.
TiZA shares the headquarters building of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, whose mission is "establishing Islam in Minnesota." The building also houses a mosque. TIZA's executive director, Asad Zaman, is a Muslim imam, or religious leader, and its sponsor is an organization called Islamic Relief.
Students pray daily, the cafeteria serves halal food -- permissible under Islamic law -- and "Islamic Studies" is offered at the end of the school day.
Here is what one teacher at TiZA said: "teachers led the kids into the gym, where a man dressed in white with a white cap, who had been at the school all day," was preparing to lead prayer. Beside him, another man "was prostrating himself in prayer on a carpet as the students entered." "The prayer I saw was not voluntary," Getz said. "The kids were corralled by adults and required to go to the assembly where prayer occurred."
Katherine Kersten of the Star Tribune continues her
(Excerpt) Read more at atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com ...
Would that this story be told in all public schools:
A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art.
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> They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael.
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> They would often sit together and admire the great works of art....
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> When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war.
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> He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier.
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> The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.
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> About a month later, just before Christmas ,
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> There was a knock at the door.
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> A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands...
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> He said, ‘Sir, you don’t know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life.
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> He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly...
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> He often talked about you, and your love for art.’ The young man held out this package.
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> ‘I know this isn’t much. I’m not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this.’
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> The father
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> Opened the package.
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> It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man.
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> He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears.
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> He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture...
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> ‘Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me.
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> It’s a gift.’
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> The father hung the portrait over his mantle.
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> Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.
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> The man died a few months later.
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> There was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.
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> On the platform sat the painting of the son.
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> The auctioneer pounded his gavel.
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> ‘We will start the bidding with this picture of the son.
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> Who will bid for this picture?’
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> There was silence......
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> Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, ‘We want to see the famous paintings.
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> Skip this one.’
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> But the auctioneer persisted.
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> ‘Will somebody bid for this painting?
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> Who will start the bidding?
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> $100, $200?’
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> Another voice angrily.
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> ‘We didn’t come to see this painting.
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> We came to see the Van Gogh ‘s, the Rembrandts .
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> Get on with the
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> Real bids!’
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> But still the auctioneer continued.
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> ‘The son! The son! Who’ll take the son?’
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> Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room.
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> It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son.
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> ‘I’ll give $10 for the painting...’
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> Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.
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> ‘We have $10, who will bid $20?’
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> ‘Give it to him for $10.
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> Let’s see the masters.’
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> The crowd was becoming angry.
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> They didn’t want the picture of the son.
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> They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.
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> The auctioneer pounded the gavel..
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> ‘Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!’
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> A man sitting on the second row shouted, ‘Now let’s get on with the collection!’
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> The auctioneer laid down his gavel.
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> ‘I’m sorry, the auction is over.’
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> ‘What about the paintings?’
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> ‘I am sorry.
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> When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will...
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> I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time.
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> Only the painting of the son would be auctioned.
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> Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.
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> The man who took the son gets everything!’
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> God gave His son 2,000 years ago to die on the cross.
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> Much like the auctioneer, His message today is:
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> ‘The son, the son, who’ll take the son?’
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> Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything.
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> FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO SO EVER BELIEVETH, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...
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> THAT’S LOVE
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> Please send this to ten people and back to the one who sent it to you.
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> God Bless.
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> If I don’t get this back, I will know you really didn’t read it.
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> I got this from someone and thought the last part was really a good thought..
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> Too bad that the person who sent it to me did
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> not know 10 people who would admit to knowing the Lord.
Thanks. I will pass this on.
I want to see this taxpayer-funded madrassa shut down, unless we start having taxpayer-funded Christian schools, too.
This is happening in a public school in Minnesota.
Look at what this government school is doing. Unbelieveable!
Pam Geller posted by combat boots-somehow poetic but that
tiger (Ms.Geller) I suspect knows how to fight this enemy
barefoot. But the mental picture of Geller and combat boots
is an awesome statement. T’anks.
bttt
Well-I read it, every word, and I loved it.
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This is one of the man reasons why I homeschool.
*many not man
I agree with your point, but I don’t want government sponsored private schools either. If they pay, they get to make the rules.
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just another way they are trying to take over....
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Tuition tax credits solves that, but I wonder why gubbamint grants (Pell grants,etc) are OK for private,religious colleges without the left’s ‘church & state’ panties getting in a bunch.
The big difference is the grant goes to the student, not the school. It was just like my GI Bill that paid for my education at a private religious college.
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