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Reader comment on item: Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy – An Islamist Charter School in Minnesota?

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), May 20, 2008 at 18:10

Dr. Pipes asks:

The school is in huge demand, with a waiting list of 1,500. … TIZA has improved the reading and math performance of its mostly low-income students. That's commendable, but should Minnesota taxpayers be funding an Islamic public school?

NO. Plain and simple. The ends do not justify the means (although Islam teaches the opposite for the purposes of spreading itself).

Seriously, folks, if this were a Christian school, the ACLU would be filling up the Hennpin County courtroom schedule for the next month.

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Bilingual Muslim Schools [501 words]Iftikhar AhmadJan 28, 2009 07:00
↔ Try supporting your own private schools [141 words]Peter HerzJul 23, 2009 06:00
One less madrassa [31 words]jennifer solisJan 23, 2009 22:11
Muslim Youths [393 words]Iftikhar AhmadSep 13, 2008 02:54
↔ Nothing wrong with an islamist school [49 words]yuval Branmdstetter MDSep 19, 2008 04:42
↔ Muslim Youths [170 words]Iftikhar AhmadSep 20, 2008 01:33
↔ No taxpayer funding for religious schools [185 words]John G. Spethman MDSep 25, 2008 00:47
↔ Iftikhar Ahmad intrinsic message [387 words]YnnatchkahSep 26, 2008 14:54
↔ Turnabout is fair [285 words]One-eyed eagleJan 23, 2009 20:03
↔ Muslim Youths [257 words]Iftikhar AhmadJan 26, 2009 13:20
The gall ! [295 words]dfwhite19438Aug 11, 2008 16:23
MUSLIM SCHOOLS [44 words]BTILLYJun 17, 2008 14:12
↔ "....Muslim parents teach their children that if they eat a pork chop, they will turn into a Christian." [58 words]KristaJun 17, 2008 17:22
↔ No, no [17 words]Straight_Talk_LuigiJun 20, 2008 19:00
↔ KRISTA [17 words]btillyJul 22, 2008 18:14
Right under our noses [215 words]Rebecca MouldsMay 21, 2008 07:40
↔ Rebecca you were part of it [11 words]PatzJan 22, 2009 00:14
↔ Only visiting, not participating [88 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 22, 2009 19:08
Very Scary [112 words]jennifer solisMay 21, 2008 01:55
↔ Dear Jennfier [61 words]Straight_Talk_LuigiMay 22, 2008 04:39
↔ Dear Strait_Talk_Luigi [78 words]jennifer solisMay 23, 2008 02:56
⇒ Question and Answer [86 words]Straight_Talk_LuigiMay 20, 2008 18:10
We need Nazi Madrassas [45 words]waldemarMay 20, 2008 16:51
↔ Yes, we are committing suicide [398 words]Straight_Talk_LuigiMay 20, 2008 22:20
↔ Islamic Schools [137 words]Glenn PartridgeSep 24, 2008 01:31
↔ working on a definition of a hypocrite [42 words]robert aJul 22, 2009 02:27
Islamic v. Arabic language schools [204 words]dhimmi no moreMay 20, 2008 07:17
↔ Yes, No and Yes [82 words]Arif Jayish Al AmirkiJun 2, 2008 22:19
↔ Islamic culture [36 words]BernieJul 22, 2009 02:36

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