Some of you remember the Minnesota taxpayer-funded school I reported on months ago that had all the Islamic trappings. This is a follow up and a “where is the outrage?” column.Let me refresh your memory briefly and bring you up to date.I still fear my great state of Minnesota could become the late-great state of Minnesota.
The Tarik ibn Zayad Academy (TIZA) is a K-8 charter school in Inver Grove Heights, a suburb of St. Paul. Charter schools are public schools and by law must not endorse or promote religion. Evidence suggests, however, that TIZA is an Islamic school, funded by Minnesota taxpayers.A substitute teacher blew the whistle. Students pray daily, the cafeteria serves halal food -- permissible under Islamic law -- and "Islamic Studies" is offered at the end of the school day.
The teacher said, "The prayer I saw was not voluntary. The kids were corralled by adults and required to go to the assembly where prayer occurred." She also noted the kids were studying the Koran. School buses did not leave until all "Islamic Studies" were over.
The Minnesota Department of Education says it has visited the school on numerous occasions and nothing seems troubling here. Give me a break! Let Christians pray at the end of the day, and they will be thrown into one of our ten thousand lakes and left to drown!
But there are taxpayers troubled in this chilly state, so in an attempt to report about new findings this week, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS (KSTP) went to TIZA. While on school grounds, the crew was attacked by school officials.The KSTP photographer was injured while wrestling with two men over the camera. He suffered shoulder and back injuries.
The TIZA focuses on Middle Eastern culture and shares a building with the Muslim American Society of Minnesota.It is an Islamic public school.It has now had an all-out fight with a news crew trying to better inform the public about this situation we are paying for.
All a spokesman on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Education would say is, "The Minnesota Department of Education goes to great lengths to make clear to charter schools and their sponsors that, while schools should appropriately accommodate students' religious beliefs, they must be 'nonsectarian' under the state's charter school law.” Yet this scenario has been going on way too long and should have been shut down a year ago. Now more Islamic-oriented schools are springing up here and the expense of our citizens in Minnesota.
A school like this is likely coming to a neighborhood near you.It will thrive unless you as a taxpayer blow the whistle and demand action against these outfits.The leader of the one being reported on in the Twin Cities’ suburb was challenged about not flying the American flag.He said he didn’t know how to operate the flag pole! As long as we continue to look the other way, Islamic charter (public) schools will start to flourish in America, and you will pay for it. Contact your educational authorities.
And you can bet in their prayer time, they are not saying the Lord’s Prayer. They are not pledging allegiance to the American flag. But they are serving halal food and doing “ritual washings.”
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Persecution is increasing in the United States. Jesus said that no servant is greater than his master; if they hated me, they will hate you the more. God does not promise an absence of persecution.
The United States and many people in it sin grievously against the Lord Jesus. The US as a country is experiencing corrective judgments now, including the housing crisis.
Follow II Chronicles 7:14. Bear in mind that judgment may still occur, but God hears your prayers and sees your obedience--which He requires of you.
Indeed we need to speak out against the inconsistent, extremely dangerous treatment of Islam--and persecution of Christians-- but we are in a time when wickedness is multiplying and men's love is growing cold. There is no guarantee of winning the battle. BUT: Jesus won, and when He returns, that victory will be unequivocally proven for all to see. "Every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
I have no hope for America, because the Bible does not give any indication we exist except as part of "the nations" in the end times.
However, we are to continue to fight for the truth, and we are to be a clear testimony of Jesus Christ.
The Minnesota Board of Education is being partial to Islam, which is reprehensible according to its policy and its legal mandate. Letting Islamic education flourish here is highly dangerous, and will turn America into an Islamic state if not stopped.
Let the Muslims build and run their own private schools, if they so choose. That too is similarly dangerous--but is checked by other private schools of different religions, including Christian ones.
Above all, Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah and our Savior and Lord, is to be praised, honored and worshiped---and OBEYED.
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kayjay
Posted On: 05/24/08 07:17:31 PM
Age 47, OK
As a former substitute teacher in the Saint Paul public schools, I was surprised the first time Somali student presented me with a permanent administrative pass to leave class. His destination? The prayer room that was set aside for Muslim students to observe the hour of prayer. As of last year, they had not installed a muzzein to announce the hour of prayer, but can this be far behind?
I would never have suspected that I would find myself longing for the good old days of rabid secularism in the public schools... Click here to reply to this post
THIS BUILDS MY FAITH
Posted On: 05/23/08 08:13:51 AM
Age 64, OH
This really builds my faith in The Lord Jesus Christ as The Only Way. The fact that Satan exists is evidence that the Bible is true. Now we have this mighty evidence that Jesus is God Almighty. Look, these servants of Satan claim they are against any religion but they are not against any religion EXCEPT faith in The Lord Jesus. Satan is for Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists, Hindus, and every false religion. That is why all these religions are OK in our schools and government. The only religion that is being discriminated against is the Lord Jesus Christ. That shows us that Jesus is The Truth, The way, and The Life. Lou Click here to reply to this post
outrageous
Posted On: 05/22/08 12:04:51 AM
Age 48, IL
The Quran states a young groom should hang a whiplike creation, much like a rider's crop for an animal, on the bedpost to remind the new bride of her status. Whether it is designed for the man to whip her or for her to whip him is undetermined... either way--is this the culture we want our kids to learn about? Yep--it's in there...We need to teach our children to pray unceasingly--and state the Name of Jesus as our Savior and God. These people hate Jesus because even His Name has power stronger than anything they have. Parents --read what your kids are getting forced to read! Our local high school sneaked in a production of the Arabian Nights--the lead girl memorized parts of the Quran and the Pillars of Islam with finer accuracy than she probably learned her catechism two years ago. You should be outraged. Click here to reply to this post
Been there and Done that
Posted On: 05/21/08 04:29:59 PM
Age 31, MN
Coming from a muslim country,I know the situation very well.There are two mosque near by my house,and every day,5 times a day,I was forced to listened to the call of prayer.I went to christian private school,so for 9 years I didn't have to learn about islam.High School was different,it's a public school,so I was forced to learn arabic.And it seemed like the devil was unstatisfied,when I was in law school,I have to study islamic law.I thought by coming to USA,I can get away with islam.Seems like the islamisation won't stop until the Lord's coming.I just wish the US goverment wouldn't be so ignorant,letting a snake sleep under their pillow. Click here to reply to this post
I know how it goes.. Been there and Done that
Posted On: 05/21/08 04:24:29 PM
Age 31, MN
Hi Jan, thanks for the great article.I come from the largest muslim nation, grew up there and lives among the muslims. Some are nice but, when I mention one Name, "Jesus", their face would change.Coming to USA, I thought that as a Christian I would have more freedom on expressing of what I believe.I don't have to put my religion on my ID or even my resume, and that's great. But what I don't expect is,the islamisation of this country.People respect this false religion more than they respect Christianity.Christian can not even pray at school.I am tired of being followed by this false believed.I've done my share for 25 years before coming to USA, being force to listened the shouting from the mosque 5 times a day. And when I went to High School, they forced me to learn arabic. Seems like the devil was unstatisfied, on my college year as a law student I have to learn islamic law. And now, I choose USA as my new home, look what I got. I got more islamisation,on TV, newspaper, magazines, and now my tax money have to go to something that I speak against. That's why I can't wait for the Lord's coming, then I don't have to be followed by this false religion. I don't hate them, I pray for them so they might get save, but I just can't believe that the goverment allowed a snake living under their own pillow. Click here to reply to this post
I am Outraged
Posted On: 05/21/08 03:33:12 PM
Age 37, TN
This school has be beyond words. We all know that if a Charter School were promoting Christianity, it would be targeted and shut down immediately. As a Christian, I think we should fight things like this and work to bring our nation back to Christ.
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Being Informed
Posted On: 05/21/08 10:00:39 AM
Age 29, TX
I would like to think the reason more people are not outraged is because the people are not being informed about where their taxes are going. I know I pay my school taxes annually, but I have never been notified of where the money actually goes. I see my kids school with state-of-the-art gym, music, comupter equipment, etc., and the teachers are as good as they come. My kids school is not on the news reporting a teacher physically or sexually abusing a child, so I don't question it. But this could be going on more than we taxpayers realize. Click here to reply to this post
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