ACLU Filing suit AGAINST Islmaic Public School

The ACLU is set to file a law suit against an Islamic public school in Minnesota, alleging that is is promoting the Muslim Religion, according to the Star Tribune.

….it will file suit today against a publicly funded charter school, alleging that it is promoting the Muslim religion and that it is leasing school space from a religious organization, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, without following state law.
….the ACLU claims the school is using federal and state money to promote religion in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The state ACLU said that the suit was being filed after a lengthy investigation by the organization.
“TIZA has received millions of dollars of taxpayer money to support what is, in essence, a private religious school,” said Charles Samuelson, state ACLU executive director.
Samuelson said the school took government aid money and paid it to a holding company which then donated it to the Muslim American Society of Minnesota.
The suit also alleges that there are prayers on the walls of the school entry and that teachers have participated in student prayer activities, which is forbidden in public schools. Samuelson said the school has used its website to seek volunteers to lead prayers. He also said that students and staff are required to dress in attire that conforms to Islamic religion.
The school has issued a handbook instructing staff to not discuss what goes on at the school, Samuelson said. “You cannot have a broad secrecy oath” in a school funded with public dollars, he said.

It’s about friggin time! They’ve wasted NO time going after schools that had Christian prayers in the past, and you have to wonder why they’ve waited THIS long to wake up to what is going on in Islamic ’schools’!

Hopefully this will be looked at in other areas across the country, and pursued there as well….. at least we can hope!

H/T: Jihad Watch