Posted on 08/24/2010 2:19:22 PM PDT by dselig
The Walton Family Foundation is shelling out millions (pdf) to fund charter schools with alleged ties to militant Islam throughout the country.
At the schools, which have been “inspired” by Imam Fethullah Gulen, students are immersed in Turkish customs, rituals, and language. They take part in so-called “Turkish Olympics” and are encouraged to make annual pilgrimages to Istanbul and Ankara. The schools allegedly foster the dream of the restoration of the Ottoman Empire and dismiss all accounts of the Armenian Christian holocaust as fanciful myths.
According to Stephen Schwartz of the Center for Islamic Pluralism, the students at the Gulen schools are also steeped in the tenets of militant Islam so they may be of serve a role in the re-establishment of the Ottoman Empire and the extension of shariah (Islamic law) throughout Europe and the United States.
Many of the teachers at these schools are Turkish émigrés with questionable credentials. Some possess H-1B non immigrant visas which should only be granted to individuals who possess “highly specialized knowledge in a field of human endeavor.” The female faculty members appear in their classrooms wearing hijabs and traditional Islamic attire.
Rachel Sharon-Krespin writes: “His (Gulen’s) followers target youth in the eighth through twelfth grades, mentor and indoctrinate them in the ışıkevi, educate them in the Fethullah schools, and prepare them for future careers in legal, political, and educational professions in order to create the ruling classes of the future Islamist, Turkish state.”
Even more telling is a comment from Nurettin Veren, Gulen’s right hand man for 35 years, who says: “These schools are like shop windows. Recruitment and Islamization are carried out through night classes.
The Walton Family derived its vast fortune - - estimated at $89.5 - - from Sam and Bud Walton, the founders of Wal-Mart.
In California, the Walton Family Foundation has donated approximately $1 million to the Magnolia Science Academies that have been “inspired” by Gulen and his movement.
Similarly, the Waltons have provided sizeable checks to similar Gulen charter schools, including the Indiana Math and Science Foundation which received $230,000 in 2007.
During the same year, the Waltons gave the same amount to Noble Academy Charter School in Ohio, the Abramson Science and Technology Charter School in Louisiana, and the Noble Academy Charter School in Ohio - - all of which uphold Gulen’s teachings and ideology.
Another Gulen-inspired institution - - the Lisa Academy Charter School in Arkansas - - was granted $154,244.
The above figures are the tip of the iceberg since the allocations of the Walton Family Foundation to the Gulen schools in 2009 have not been disclosed.
The Gulen-inspired schools have also received more than $10 million from Bill Gates of Microsoft fame, and nearly $1 billion in federal and state funds.
Fethullah Gulen has been labeled “the most dangerous Islamist on planet earth.”
In 1998, he fled his native Turkey to escape arrest on government charges that he sought to overthrow the secular Ataturk government.
With his vast fortune - - estimated by the U.S. Justice Department to exceed $25 billion - - Gulen found refuge in Pennsylvania, where he established a mountain fortress on 45 acres of land in the rural community of Saylorsburg.
From Saylorsburg, Gulen worked to transform the secular government of Turkey into an Islamic Republic under the Justice and Democratic Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma, AKP)- – a party under the Gulen’s control.
So, where’s the “Separation of Church and State” that we hear so much from the left? I want to scream when I hear this kind of crap!
Walmart funds La Raza.
Looks like this is private money, not state money. The Waltons are lefties. Sam was not, as far as I know, but it’s his kids who control the money now.
I want to see more facts on this. If it proves out true..... that is the END of my Sam’s Club membership. I won’t cry over never shopping at Wal Mar again.... but I would hate to be forced to leave Sams Club.... but I will if need be!!!!
I want to see more facts on this. If it proves out true..... that is the END of my Sam’s Club membership. I won’t cry over never shopping at Wal Mart again.... but I would hate to be forced to leave Sams Club.... but I will if need be!!!!
I find this hard to believe.
Any other sources on this?
Our GOVERNMENT is funding Islamic Charter schools but I have yet to see companies doing that.
We're all stocked up here."
Our country has lost its collective mind.
OOOps, I was angry that I hit the post button twice... sorry about that.
Seriously?
I was not aware of that.
have a link on that?
I truly find it hard to believe they would do that. I know they do cater to the Hispanics because there is growth in ILLEGALS as customers.
I believe Wal Mart was cited recently the Justice Dept for hiring illegals to do night janitor work
Love to know who runs the foundation.
Agree with the Germans who don’t want to be part of the ‘billionaires club’ as envisioned by Buffet. It can be misappropriated and interfere with legitimate functioning of the government.
I understand that foundations going wild have been a problem in the past. Shoveling more money won’t make it better.
Yes.
http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/204.aspx
Its in the 1 million and above section.
Many of their donations will upset you.
The article mentions “billions” in federal and state funds. [or did I misread “millions”—in any case, it should be NOTHING!]
This is true. Amana Academy in Alpharetta, Ga., an “Arabic Language Charter School” in the Fulton County System:
Amana Academy’s Recognition and Awards:
2004 Walton Family Foundation Grant
For innovative, promising start-up charter schools
$180,000
If not Sam’s Club, then Costco, and that’s partly or wholly owned by George Soros. If you give up Sam’s, then you must give up Walmart, too.
Here’s the reference: “. . . and nearly $1 billion in federal and state funds.” We should complain to our lawmakers AND the ACLU.
Try to find where Boy Scouts of America is on their donations list.
Or the Y.
Walmart is as liberal as Dennis Kucinich.
Ditto.
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