In
Defense of the Constitution
News & Analysis
009/08 June 8, 2008
CAIR:
Intimidating Public School?
On 31 May, Erica Mellon posted a blog entry to
the "School Zone" titled "Friendswood
superintendent: Islam presentation not meant for students".
(The "School Zone" blog is sponsored by the Houston Chronicle;
Ms. Mellon is the Chronicle's education reporter.)
In
the blog post, Ms. Mellon quotes a letter by Trish Hanks, Friendswood
Independent School District Superintendent. From the letter:
"In
response to an incident that occurred between students at Friendswood
Junior High School and the perception and fear that it caused to some
involved,
Robin Lowe, principal, was contacted by the Council of
American Islamic Relations
(CAIR) and told that they considered the
incident a hate crime and had reported it
to the FBI. Mrs. Lowe and
Sherry Green, Deputy Superintendent, attended a
meeting with
representatives of CAIR."
An unexplained "hate crime" has,
according to CAIR, been committed and CAIR has reported the crime to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
End of story?
No. Apparently, a report to the FBI
isn't good enough. From the letter:
"At
the meeting, CAIR requested an opportunity to present factual and basic
information about Muslims to students at Friendswood Junior High School
since the school is predominantly Anglo Christian."
Did CAIR
intimidate the principal and deputy superintendent? CAIR
representatives report a "hate crime" and request time to do a
presentation on Islam; no connection?
Further confusing the
issue, the Galveston Daily News reports that Asmara
Siddiqi denies that
CAIR contacted the FBI because "...the
school decided to resolve the
issue".
This raises two questions:
1) Is CAIR now threatening school
administrators to gain secret access to American school children?
2) Why was CAIR, with a proven track record
of supporting Islamic terrorism, invited to the school in the first
place?
The
Friendswood School invited representatives of an Islamic-terrorist
supporting organization to make a presentation to the most vulnerable
of our citizens: our children. What could these children possibly
learn from a hateful organization like CAIR, one that is on record
praising
Islamic terrorist groups that have and continue to target and
terror-murder innocent school children?
No representative of
CAIR should be allowed access to any student, in any school, at any
time, for any reason. The insanity of allowing CAIR
representatives
into schools must end, now. No administrator, at any level,
should
have the authority to grant CAIR access to children under any
circumstances.
Period.
The principal of Friendswood School has been "reassigned."
Dr. Daniel Pipes, a well-known expert in the
field of Islamist extremism, has commented on this case.
For
his thoughts: (link)
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If
you come across information regarding CAIR in the public/private
schools, please let us know. Include as much information as you
have;
name of school, presentation offered, when offered, who was/will be in
attendance, dates/times, etc. Our goal is to report any
interaction
between CAIR and school students/staff and hopefully work toward the
day when all schools will, as a matter of course, refuse CAIR access to
students or staff.
CAIR has no legitimate reason to meet with school students or staff;
help us make this a reality.
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Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
www.anti-cair-net.org
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