DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - NEW YORK: THE PROJECT TO ISLAMIZE AMERICA, KHALIL GIBRAN ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN N.Y.C.

You can find all my posts concerning the Khalil Gibran Islamic School in N.Y.C. here: (link)

Militant Islam Monitor has some excellent posts concerning the school and its 'associations':

Khalil Gibran School Advisor Khalid Latif Threatened NYU with Jihad Over Danish Cartoons

Dhabah Almontaser & Lena Alhusseini Arab American Family Support Center joins with Khalil Gibran school to promote Islamism

DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - N.Y.C.: TAXPAYER FUNDED MADRASSAH, ITS ONLY CHRISTIANITY THAT HAS TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE STATE, ISLAM & ITS JIHAD IS A OK

Khalil Gibran International aka Islamist Academy - Taxpayer funded NYC madrassah promotes Arab/ Muslim 9/11 victimhood hoax

MIM: According to NYC Board of Education spokesman David Castor the "Khalil Gibran International Academy" "will not be a vehicle for political ideology". His claim is both dangerous and disingenuous and a more apt name for the school would be the Khalil Gibran Islamist Academy.The individuals and groups involved are promoting an Arab/Islamist leftwing agenda running the gamat from diversity to da'wa.In short the KGIA will be the first taxpayer funded public school madrassa in NYC.

http://www.danielpipes.org/

KGIA Principal Dhabah aka Debbie Almontaser is a long time practioner of da'wa [Islamic propagation] in the guise of "multicultural educator" and not surprisingly received a CAIR award for community service together with Ghazi Khankan former director of CAIR NYC who is on record as shouting"I bring you salaams and greetings from the Mujahideen at CAIR" at one of the group's rallies.

Yemen born Almontaser wears a hijab and has spent years doing da'wa in the public schools after 9/11 when the NYC Board of Education decided that the best way to deal with the attacks was to present her with the job of "multicultural educator" and send her into public school classrooms to tell students about "Islam and Arab culture". As with everyone involved with the KGIA she hyped a non existent backlash and hysteria, with the operative word being discrimination and fear on the part of Muslims to exploit 9/11 for da'wa purposes [i.e. non Muslims must learn about Islam to understand us].

In the documentation that follows it should be noted that never once does anyone involved with the KGIA allude to the fear and shock which non Muslims felt after 9/11 and it is always Muslims and Arabs who are depicted as the real victims who are in need of understanding and federal and state funding which is also given as one of the raison d'etre for the KGIA which will open 7 years after the attacks.

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1) Khalil Gibran International aka Islamist Academy - Taxpayer funded NYC madrassah promotes Arab/ Muslim 9/11 victimhood hoax

DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - NEW YORK: AN ISLAMIC SCHOOL, COMPLETE WITH "HEAD TO TOE BAGS"

An Arabic Public School

A Madrassa Grows In Brooklyn
By DANIEL PIPES

Come September, an Arabic-language public secondary school is slated to open its doors in Brooklyn. The New York City Department of Education says the Khalil Gibran International Academy, serving grades six through 12, will boast a "multicultural...

Where Radical Politics And Education Intersect
By ANDREW WOLF

It came as no surprise to Sol Stern of the Manhattan Institute that a class of New York City public high school pupils took a spring break jaunt to communist Cuba. "Sure, they do it every year," Mr. Stern told me. He sees this as part of something...

Out of Many, One
By ANDREW WOLF

When the founding fathers chose the Latin phrase E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one — as the national motto, an event that took place concurrent with the 13 colonies declaring their independence, the intent was to dramatize the reality that these 13...

‘Screaming and Crying' Greet Arab School Plan
By SARAH GARLAND

Park Slope parents are up in arms over a Department of Education proposal to insert a new small school focusing on Arabic language and culture inside the same building as their children's elementary school. Department officials faced what is becoming...

New Brooklyn School To Offer Middle East Studies
By SARAH GARLAND

A new public secondary school that is to include Middle Eastern studies in its curriculum will focus on culture, not the region's political conflicts, Department of Education officials said yesterday. "The school will not be a vehicle for political...

Parents Voice Distrust Of Arab School Promises
By MATTHEW CHAYES

Parents of children who attend two Boerum Hill schools, which the city has proposed share space with a new Arabic culture public school, told officials last night that they don't trust the Department of Education to keep its promises to improve the...

Arab School To Face Scrutiny At Emergency Parent Meeting
By SARAH GARLAND

The Arabic theme of a new public school may be a point of contention at an emergency parent meeting called tonight at the Brooklyn high school slated to house the new school. The Khalil Gibran International Academy, which is named after a Lebanese...

Brooklyn Arabic School
New York Sun Editorial

Backers of the proposed Khalil Gibran International Academy are insisting that their plan for a middle school that would teach Arabic is still alive, even though the department of education has decided against situating the school at PS 282 in Park...

Madrassa Plan Is Monstrosity
By ALICIA COLON

When I met him a while ago in The New York Sun's offices, Chancellor Joel Klein seemed to be in command of his senses. And Mayor Bloomberg did not become a successful billionaire without having some smarts. So whose insane idea was it to have an...

Muslim Panel: Many Distrust Legal System
By GABRIELLE BIRKNER

Many New York Muslims are deeply distrustful of the American legal system, three local Muslim leaders said at a panel discussion yesterday in Brooklyn. During the hour-long event, sponsored jointly by the Kings County Courts Community Outreach...

DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - CALIFORNIA: U.S. DHIMMI TAXPAYERS FUNDING MADRASSAH'S IN SAN DIEGO

San Diego Arab public school implements shari'a - forms taxpayer funded madrassah

Carver Elementary - San Diego Public School Bows To Sharia

June 12, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Those having doubts that New York Department of Education's proposed Arabic school - Khalil Gibran International Academy - will inevitably turn into a madrassah should consider how a similar experiment in the San Diego Unified School District is turning out.

In September Carver Elementary school [kindergarten - eighth grade] accepted nearly 100 students from a failed charter school which served a Somali Muslim constituency.
The school population now numbers approximately 400.

Though these kids are now being educated within the wall of Carver, they have not been incorporated into the main student population and operate as a school-within-a-school, segregated elite with special privileges.

The controversy became a matter of public record when a substitute teacher Mary-Frances Stevens made a report to the local school board in which she claimed that Carver's Muslim children were being led in Islamic prayer by a teacher's aide. Steven's, who subbed at the school on March 8 stated that the lesson plan she was given included the allotting of one hour for prayer.

The teacher's allegation of religious indoctrination led to an investigation.

In true multicultural fashion, the school has gone to extreme lengths to accommodate its new students; the curriculum features the teaching of Arabic - the language of the Quran - single gender classes for girls as well as organized prayer...for Muslims only.

A new dhimi class schedule - expressly designed to kow tow to Carver's new students - was instituted. It created an extra 15 minute recess period as part of an hour set aside so that Carver's Muslims can pray en-masse while in class. Additionally, the school cafeteria menu no longer serves pork or other foods which conflict with fundamentalist Muslim diet restrictions [halal].

Even Carver's "winter holiday" celebration has not escaped the wrath of this brand of extreme multiculturalism, ripping the heart out of what was formerly the Christmas holiday by injecting extraneous cultural artifacts; as the San Diego Union Tribune notes:

"The school's winter holiday celebration featuring multicultural performances was a big hit. African-American, American, Muslim and other traditions were celebrated.

"Carver has always been sensitive to the different cultures and always looked at the variety of cultures we have as an enrichment, not a problem," teacher Pamela de Meules said." [source "District wants to provide options," by Helen Gao http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20070412-9999-1m12carver.html]

Confronted by an apparent double standard which elevates Muslims over Christian and Jewish students, school principal Kimberlee Kidd attempted to explain, "I think there are so many misconceptions."

The actions taken by Carver's officials have made them agents whereby Sharia [Muslim religious law] has been extended into a region of the public domain where heretofore an ACLU interpretation of church-state separation has prevailed.

On that note, the local ACLU is still "considering" its options in this matter…don't hold your breath.

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1) San Diego Arab public school implements shari'a - forms taxpayer funded madrassah

DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - NEW YORK: N.Y.C. TO OPEN ARAB PUBLIC SCHOOL

I meant to leave the Valentine's Day wishes as the top post, but this had to be posted...

THE ISLAMIZATION OF AMERICA:

City To Open Arabic Public School In Brooklyn

The Department of Education says that it will open a public school next fall dedicated to Arabic language and culture.

The Khalil Gibran International Academy is one of 40 new schools that will their debut in the city next September.

Education officials say that although half the classes at the school will be taught in Arabic, they want to enroll a diverse student body.

The school is set to open in Brooklyn.

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1) City To Open Arabic Public School In Brooklyn

U.S.A.-GITMO: INSENSITIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL TO BLAME FOR FREAKISH TERRORIST BEHAVIOR

Islam advisor cites 'calmer' Guantanamo
The Arab American, a layman, says prisoners' behavior has improved since he began helping alter military practices.

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — Some prisoners call him "Brother." Others call him an enemy of God. Some don't speak to him at all.But the 48-year-old Arab American cultural advisor brought here 14 months ago believes he is making a difference as he works with terrorism suspects and their military jailers on ways to avoid religious and cultural conflict.

It's a work in progress, he concedes, having witnessed recurring hunger strikes, a May riot among previously well-behaved prisoners, and three suicides in June that were the first deaths among nearly 800 prisoners the U.S. government has sent here.The advisor, who cannot be identified because of military rules and concerns for his family's safety, attributes the suicides to a misguided rumor that an act of martyrdom would result in the rest of Guantanamo's prisoners being freed."They thought they were doing good, that they were sacrificing themselves," he said.

"They thought there would be planes lined up to take the others away."Since the suicides had no effect, "I don't think it will happen again," he said. "The world didn't respond the way they thought it would."The advisor, who has lived in the United States since 1981, is a civil engineer by training and formerly the owner of a retail business.

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he said, he wanted to go back to Iraq. Eventually, he got a job as a linguist with the U.S.-led occupation. He believes his 2 1/2 years of service with U.S. forces gave him an edge over three competitors for the $250,000-a-year job here.

He says the prisoners' behavior has improved since he arrived in September 2005, two years after a Muslim chaplain here was arrested and accused of aiding the enemy. The lay advisor attributes the "calmer" environment now to revised detention practices proposed by himself and the Joint Task Force commanding the network of camps and prisons."They see we are making an effort in understanding them," the advisor said of the detainees. "I sit down with them, one on one. I let them know I don't care how they got here."

He describes himself as independent of the military and says he speaks his mind "whether it is to the guy on the cellblock or to the admiral," referring to the task force commander, Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr.His suggestions for more sensitivity in a detention environment deplored by human-rights groups and European allies have resulted in some bizarre bows to religious tradition.

During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, for instance, hunger-striking prisoners were force-fed only after the daytime fasting period had ended. And out of respect for the cultural taboo against exposing the male body from the waist to the knees in the sight of others, prisoners thought to be suicide risks are stripped of cotton clothing that can be torn into ligatures and instead outfitted in Velcro-fastened green nylon pads that cover them from the chest to the ankles.

Complaints from the prisoners about guards making noise during the prayer calls five times a day led to the use of yellow plastic cones stenciled with a P. When a muezzin's recorded call sounds from speakers around the camps, the prayer cones are positioned in each cellblock corridor to remind guards to be quiet.The advisor also plays a role in the kitchens, suggesting traditional meals for Muslim holidays and ensuring that meat ordered for the detainees is certified as halal by the Islamic Society of North America.

To ease boredom for the prisoners, who spend all but an hour or two each day alone in cells or cages, the advisor and fellow contractors in the intelligence field have more than doubled the prison library offerings. There are now more than 4,500 titles of religious writings, literature, history and politics available for the weekly library-cart rounds."We want to give them things to pass the time with and not nourish extremism," the cultural advisor said of his selections from a spring book-buying trip to Detroit's Muslim neighborhoods.

Neither he nor library administrator Capt. J.M. Henderson would talk about specific subjects or authors, saying only that works encouraging extremism, violence or holy war were excluded. A perusal of the shelves reveals mostly innocuous stories and classics such as the Harry Potter series, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Good Earth" and the poetry of Khalil Gibran. There are no stories of unjust imprisonment, dramatic escapes or resistance — no works about Gandhi, no copy of "Papillon," nothing by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn.

Prayer, censored letters from family, and the weekly library call might soon be augmented with movies, taped TV programs, a weekly bulletin of vetted news items, and English classes. Harris said he was working with the cultural advisor to provide prisoners with more options within the limits of security concerns.Keeping the prisoners focused on their faith has helped them cope with prison, the advisor said.

He also believes the occasional releases and transfers engender hope of eventual freedom from a detention that for most will reach the five-year mark in 2007. At least 60 have left Guantanamo this year, joining more than 200 released in previous years after panels of U.S. officers deemed them "no longer enemy combatants," or NLECs in Guantanamo jargon.

The cultural advisor was brought in to fill the role of the Muslim chaplain previously stationed here to minister to the prisoners — a job that has been empty since the September 2003 arrest of Army Capt. James Yee. A West Point graduate who was one of the U.S. military's first Muslim chaplains, Yee was jailed in isolation for 76 days and initially threatened with the death penalty on espionage charges.

However, he was not prosecuted, and a year later he was honorably discharged. In a book released last year, "For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire," Yee blames his ordeal on a general mistrust of Muslims in Washington power circles and on the fears of the commander of the detention operations at the time, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, that Yee knew too much about abuse and mistreatment of the terrorism suspects."What the military and U.S. government doesn't want is a person with a sense of moral and ethical standards who will speak out against injustices," Yee said in an interview, explaining his view of why the Muslim chaplain's job was eliminated.Yee is critical of the cultural advisor, saying he is not a trained cleric and therefore not qualified to help prisoners in spiritual matters.

Chris Molnar, a Lutheran pastor who served as head chaplain at Guantanamo last year, said that the advisor was not then very popular with the Muslim detainees but that he was skilled in "the practical stuff. That's what we really needed."

Most of the prisoners are of Sunni or Salafi-Wahhabi sects and are unlikely to trust any American military imam, said Ali Al-Ahmed, a Saudi who directs the Institute for Gulf Affairs, a Washington think tank. He said he thought the government had erred in sending a chaplain — a mistake that reflected Washington's ignorance of the complexities of Islam, he said.

Ahmed said that the prisoners tended to look more to religiously trained fellow detainees for spiritual guidance and that the replacement of Yee with the cultural advisor was probably a more effective approach to easing tensions behind the wire.

Having no spiritual leader for the 430 prisoners still at Guantanamo isn't a problem, the advisor says, because the Islamic faith doesn't require an intermediary for prayer.

See, it was the fault of the Americans that the prisoners at GITMO attacked the guards, committed suicide, went on hunger strikes, etc. . It was all because the Americans were IGNORANT OF THE REFINED SENSIBILITIES OF MOSLEMS & THEY DIDN'T BOW & SCRAPE ENOUGH LIKE THE DAMNED FINE DHIMMIS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ! ! ! ! ! ! !


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1) Islam advisor cites 'calmer' Guantanamo