Community | April 10, 2008 | 4 comments

Mulsim charter school raises eyebrows

source: http://schoolfinder.globalscholar.com/blog/76/controversy-surrounds-tarek-ibn-ziyad-academy-...

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Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, is K8 charter school in Minnesota. As a charter school, they are funded with taxpayer money. Which means that religion cannot be endorsed in the school.
The school says they do not encourage any religion.

However, according to a former teacher, this is not the case. The students pray together on Friday. And Islamic studies are taught like regular subjects.

A reported has been denied entry into the school. And the principal refused to be interviewed.

Take an in-depth look inside the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy.
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4 comments // Mulsim charter school raises eyebrows

  • Craig_C
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      Craig_C  

    • The Star Tribune. Your quote was taken directly from it. I am just suggesting that the only attribution they give is to a substitute teacher and to one school official that refuted what she had to say. Still, an investigation has begun. It may or may not be true, but I don't think it is right to convict them in the press before we know the facts.

    • 4 years ago
  • oneparkave
  • Craig_C
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      Craig_C  

    • I can respect that if the laws state that a school supported by tax dollars is not supposed to be teaching or endorsing a religion, then they are not allowed under that law to do so. But, trying to be objective, I don't think the article is particularly informative. We live in a country today where a man running for president can be "smeared" by the very inference that he is Muslim. If the reporter had no actual access to the school, and based their reporting on the word of a former teacher, I would have to seek a little more substantive proof. I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, but I am also a believer that many in this country can be quick to judge without merit or fact.

    • 4 years ago
  • oneparkave
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