Is this evidence of state dhimmitude?
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The Khalil Gibran International Academy is projected to open its doors in September, but a citizens group known as the Stop the Madrassa Community Coalition says Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NYC Department of Education have refused to address community concerns about just what will be taught in the school.
Sarah Springer, a resident of Brooklyn and a leader in the coalition, says "We have asked to see what the lessons plans are; where the textbooks are coming from; who the teachers are -- Will they be accredited? Will they have an Islamic slant in their teaching? And no answers, nothing satisfactory -- only platitudes, non-responsive answers have been given."
Springer says the woman chosen to be school’s principal has questionable connections as well. "Dhabah Almonstasser has documented ties to terrorist organizations. She was given a national award from CAIR," says the coalition leader. CAIR -- the Council on American-Islamic Relations -- is a U.S-based pro-Muslim lobbying group accused by at least one Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill of having "ties to terrorism" and "intimate links to Hamas."
