MN: Muslim School Expands
For years, students at Al-Amal School in Fridley had to use science labs at a school across the street. Some teachers had to teach out of carts instead of classrooms. Parents worried that the quality of high school education would suffer under such circumstances. This year, all of that will be different. A 21,000-square-foot expansion […]
CA: Muslim Dentist Fills Cavities for Uninsured
Lining the walls of the narrow blue waiting room are framed diplomas and certificates recognizing the merits of family dentist Mostafa “Mo” Barakzoy. The documents paint a portrait of a man who attended college in the East Bay, moved south to start his medical career, then returned to the Bay Area. What’s missing are indicators […]
NY: Suspension for Anti-Islam Jail Chaplain
An arbitrator has ruled that a Rockland County jail chaplain who was accused of passing out anti-Islam religious literature be suspended without pay for 30 days and face retraining. The ruling released yesterday comes after three days of testimony during the summer. Arbitrator Paul Bailey also recommended that the jail form a policy for the […]
Fringe Catholic Leader on ‘Off the Plane’ Muslims
Here is Bill Donohue, one of the people on the steps of City Hall today protesting the city’s first Arabic-themed public school on the grounds that it’s affording some people more religious freedom than others. In this clip, Donohue, a former public school teacher and president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, […]
NY: First Arabic School Opens Under Police Guard
Under police guard, about 60 pupils at New York’s first Arabic bilingual school turned up for classes on Tuesday amid accusations the institution is a potential breeding ground for Islamic extremists. “This is absolutely not a religious school. The kids are here to be citizens of a school committed to excellence,” Garth Harris, head of […]
Producer of PBS ‘Islam’ Doc Joins Rally Against NY Arabic School
Frank Gaffney, a producer of the PBS documentary ‘Islam vs. Islamists,’ joined a rally yesterday against a new Arabic language school in New York. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, was also present. A report on the rally was posted on an anti-Muslim hate site. SEE: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/09/stop-the-ny-pub.html
Surge in Studying Arabic Outstrips Supply of Teachers
A shortage of Arabic-language teachers across the country is shedding light on a classic economics question: What happens when there is plenty of demand and not enough supply? Since 9/11, the number of students interested in the Middle Eastern language has been skyrocketing. More than 20,000 people in the USA enrolled in an Arabic-language higher-education […]
More Money for Israel?
American military aid to Israel has been increased yet again, which leads us to ask the inevitable question: What are we getting for our money? Well, we’re getting this, as well as this, and this – not to mention this. The regularly quoted figure is $3.5 billion per year. John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt […]
Consulate: US Citizens May Be Treated as ‘Palestinians’
U.S. citizens who have a Palestinian Authority ID number or who the Government of Israel considers to have residency status in the West Bank or Gaza are advised to read very carefully the next section, entitled Palestinian-Americans. Palestinian Americans: Israeli authorities may consider American citizens to be residents of the West Bank or Gaza if […]
FL: Born in Florida, Detained By Israel
A large Lakeland family has been split in two temporarily by complex Israeli travel restrictions that forced the mother to leave seven of her children behind when they attempted to fly home. On Aug. 18, Wedad Yacoub and 10 of her children — all U.S. citizens — were returning from a family visit in the […]