An Islamic public school in Minnesota

A charter school in Minnesota, the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, an Arabic-themed school where all pupils learn Arabic as a second language, is being investigated by the state education authorities for promoting Islam. According to KSTP:

The questions came after substitute teacher Amanda Getz taught at TIZA last month and told the Star Tribune about things she observed that day that shocked her.

“I’ve been in a lot of schools and I’ve never been in a school where they had washing rituals, or they had prayer, or where they had a room where you had to take your shoes off,” Getz said….

State law requires the school to fly an American flag during school hours, however no flag flies outside of TIZA Academy.

[Executive director Azad] Zaman told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he didn’t know how to work the flagpole.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at April 11, 2008 03:08 PM | Send