Ex-school president fails to show up for theft trial

Fresno Bee ^ | Updated Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 8:25 AM)

[Clovis_Skeptic]

Fresno County Superior Court Judge R.L. Putnam on Monday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Khadijah Ghafur, superintendent and president of the now-closed GateWay Academy charter school system, after she failed to show up for her ongoing trial, where she is accused of stealing public funds.

(excerpt)Ghafur is charged with five counts of misappropriation of public funds and five counts of grand theft by embezzlement.

[Clovis_Skeptic]

KFSN TV 30 abc, just had film of her being arrested at the Greyhound bus station in Fresno.

This is the infamous Gateway Charter School, that was in the foothills above Fresno, and associated with Jamat al-fuqra. The media of course has "lost" that aspect of the story.

[mtbopfuyn]

Was she trying to skip town on a bus???

[ncountylee]

A crooked filthy moose...go figure. Trying to escape by Greyhound is a nice touch.

[mort56]

I hope she wasn't a registered Democrat! That would be so out of character! /s

[Clovis_Skeptic]

A refresher to all, this started August 21, 2001, after a Fresno County Sheriff Deputy was killed by a resident of Baladullah (go to link in above post), an islamic compound that was associated with Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani. This is the guy that Daniel Pearl WSJ, was going to interview, and subsequently was beheaded. Yes it is a rather involved story, that took Fresno area by suprise. After 9-11 this story shook us all.

The Gateway Charter School was their downfall, and it affected a change or writing of laws regarding Charter Schools. Khadijah Ghafur the superintendent of the school, has a past association with al-fuqra, her and her husband, plus this compound housed the International Quranic Open University, associated with Sheikh Gilani.

Kadijah Ghafur google link will give you lots of info and background

[Clovis_Skeptic]

No she missed her continuing trial date here in Fresno,ca,she was delayed by the weather in Atlanta. She arrived back in Fresno this afternoon via Greyhound, and was met by several officers.

[Clovis_Skeptic]

I don't know if she is a dem or not but....
Khadijah Ghafur, is an officer of Muslims of the Americas, "a virulently anti-Semitic extremist group" founded by El Sheikh Sayyid Mubarik Ali Jilani of Pakistan.

[mort56]

Like I said...I don't know if she is a Democrat or not but...

[Grampa Dave]

Great news.

Thanks for the ping.

This must have been really tough for the Fresno Bee to print this reality about this POS, they glamorized years ago.