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Ban Mention of Pork in Dearborn Schools to Prevent Muslim Obesity?
http://www.frontpagemag.com ^ | april 26, 2014 | daniel greenfield

Posted on 04/26/2014 6:02:03 PM PDT by lowbridge

It seems that Blue Cross and Blue Shield dolled out $73,000 not to fight obesity, but to promote Islam.

Dearborn is set to be a part of a new program that aims to study and help prevent obesity, particularly among Arab American children, thanks to a nearly $73,000 grant.

Suha Kridli, assistant professor at Oakland University’s School of Nursing who secured the grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation for the “Improving Health Behaviors in Arab American Youth” project, said she selected Dearborn for its high concentration of Arab Americans.

The plan, she said, is to for an advisory committee comprised of Dearborn public schools faculty and community members to offer suggestions for changes to the curriculum, like removing mention of foods that Arab Americans typically don’t eat, like pork, and including mention of holidays that they celebrate, like Eid.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: dearborn; greenfield; islam; loseweightwithwords; muslims
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To: lowbridge

Is that a suicide vest, or is little Abdul just really fat?


21 posted on 04/26/2014 7:36:38 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: onedoug

22 posted on 04/26/2014 9:16:51 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth
and Ham.

Put the HAM back in MoHAMmad

23 posted on 04/26/2014 10:26:55 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: lowbridge

I don’t care if the effendis are offended! Let them leave!


24 posted on 04/27/2014 2:31:42 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: lowbridge

Hey ALL you moose limbs,
UP YOURS,
Pork, it’s what’s for dinner.


25 posted on 04/27/2014 3:33:34 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: lowbridge

“Improving Health Behaviors in Arab American Youth” project
Keeping the domestic terrorists healthy until adulthood


26 posted on 04/27/2014 4:49:27 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SkyDancer
Just to let you know - does 9/11 mean anything?

Of course ... it means the evil U.S. policies have brought on these attacks by the poor, defenseless Muslims and we need to be kinder and gentler to them and cater to their every whim. Duh!

/s

27 posted on 04/27/2014 6:47:44 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

‘Put it up in A-rab.’


28 posted on 04/27/2014 7:21:58 AM PDT by onedoug
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