PA Governor is giving $5 million to Muslim organization that started out as a ” house of worship” and will teach “Quran classes” at its K-12 private..

[EvilCat Breath]

Really? Are you currently attending a madrassah?

Like it or not Islamic schools only teach from the koran.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Like it or not Islamic schools only teach from the koran.

Bullshit! Where did you get the silly idea they don't teach reading, writing and arithmetic? Are you that far gone in your mental faculties? Or are you just locked into so much hatred of Muslims?

 

[scruffy]

I don't see a problem here. Islamic schools are pretty much like Catholic schools, the nuns just look different.

Catholic schools get federal funding under Title 1 and Title 3.

The States vary. In California they don't get state funding because it's against the state constitution. However they can get emergency funding through EANS. And local school districts are REQUIRED to pass federal funds down to the Catholic schools. LAUSD got the shit sued out of them for not doing so.

In Oklahoma the state funding is currently before the Supreme Court.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Like it or not Islamic schools only teach from the koran.

Well that's not true.

 

[Independent thinker]

I'm no legal expert, but it seems to me that this is a very clear violation of the separation of church and state.

I wonder what the ACLU would say about this.

According to this article from WHYY PBS NPR, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is giving $5 million of taxpayers’ money to a Muslim organization that started out as a ” house of worship” and will teach “Quran classes” at its K-12 private school.

WHYY is the Philadelphia affiliate of both PBS and NPR. They just reported the following. The bolding is mine: Shapiro announces $5M grant to Philly Muslim community center A record $5 million rede…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

According to this article from WHYY PBS NPR, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is giving $5 million of taxpayers’ money to a Muslim organization that started out as a ” house of worship” and will teach “Quran classes” at its K-12 private school.​

WHYY is the Philadelphia affiliate of both PBS and NPR.

They just reported the following.

The bolding is mine:

https://whyy.org/articles/al-aqsa-islamic-center-philly-shapiro-grant-community/

Shapiro announces $5M grant to Philly Muslim community center

A record $5 million redevelopment grant will help a private school that blends Islamic teachings with a standard curriculum.

By Carmen Russell-Sluchansky

March 26, 2025

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined an iftar dinner at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly to announce a historic grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim organization.

According to Asif Hussain, chairman of the board of Al-Aqsa Islamic Society, one goal for the funds will be to expand the center’s school by adding classrooms and teachers to better meet local demand, increasing attendance from the current 300 to up to 3,000.

“The idea is to have an academic center of excellence at school,” he said. “We have a school that’s K-12. It is very, very small and we have more candidates and more students than we have classrooms. So the idea would be to expand the facility and actually develop it into a full-fledged academic program.”

Al-Aqsa Academy, a private Islamic day and weekend school, was established in 1996. The coursework blends Islamic studies, the Arabic language and Quran classes with a standard K-12 curriculum, including math, science and social studies. The school’s website says its mission is to “provide students with a safe, nurturing, and uplifting Islamic environment that will help them achieve academic excellence.”

Founded in 1989 by a group of Palestinian immigrants, Al-Aqsa Islamic Society began as a modest house of worship in a rented storefront. Over the past three decades, it has grown into a multifaceted institution serving hundreds of families, drawing worshippers and community members from across the city’s Arab, South Asian, African and African American communities.

I don’t think NPR and PBS would be praising this $5 million government grant if the private religious K-12 school in question was either Christian or Jewish.

Quite the opposite, in fact. They’d be claiming that it’s an unconstitutional use of tax money.

But since the religion in question is Islam, NPR and PBS think it’s a wonderful thing.

And here I was worried this guy was a moderate.

 

[Lisa558]

So let me get this straight: another liberal Jew helping Islamic children to be indoctrinated against Jews.

 

[22lcidw]

That does not excuse RC schools at all.

They cross the line.

No public funds for them.

A left-wing Jew that promotes anti-Israel agendas. That is a person who believes in superiority. And laughs at right wing Christians who support Israe.

 

[Contumacious]

I'm no legal expert, but it seems to me that this is a very clear violation of the separation of church and state.

I wonder what the ACLU would say about this.

According to this article from WHYY PBS NPR, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is giving $5 million of taxpayers’ money to a Muslim organization that started out as a ” house of worship” and will teach “Quran classes” at its K-12 private school.

WHYY is the Philadelphia affiliate of both PBS and NPR. They just reported the following. The bolding is mine: Shapiro announces $5M grant to Philly Muslim community center A record $5 million rede…

danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com

According to this article from WHYY PBS NPR, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is giving $5 million of taxpayers’ money to a Muslim organization that started out as a ” house of worship” and will teach “Quran classes” at its K-12 private school.​

WHYY is the Philadelphia affiliate of both PBS and NPR.

They just reported the following.

The bolding is mine:

https://whyy.org/articles/al-aqsa-islamic-center-philly-shapiro-grant-community/

Shapiro announces $5M grant to Philly Muslim community center

A record $5 million redevelopment grant will help a private school that blends Islamic teachings with a standard curriculum.

By Carmen Russell-Sluchansky

March 26, 2025

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined an iftar dinner at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly to announce a historic grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim organization.

According to Asif Hussain, chairman of the board of Al-Aqsa Islamic Society, one goal for the funds will be to expand the center’s school by adding classrooms and teachers to better meet local demand, increasing attendance from the current 300 to up to 3,000.

“The idea is to have an academic center of excellence at school,” he said. “We have a school that’s K-12. It is very, very small and we have more candidates and more students than we have classrooms. So the idea would be to expand the facility and actually develop it into a full-fledged academic program.”

Al-Aqsa Academy, a private Islamic day and weekend school, was established in 1996. The coursework blends Islamic studies, the Arabic language and Quran classes with a standard K-12 curriculum, including math, science and social studies. The school’s website says its mission is to “provide students with a safe, nurturing, and uplifting Islamic environment that will help them achieve academic excellence.”

Founded in 1989 by a group of Palestinian immigrants, Al-Aqsa Islamic Society began as a modest house of worship in a rented storefront. Over the past three decades, it has grown into a multifaceted institution serving hundreds of families, drawing worshippers and community members from across the city’s Arab, South Asian, African and African American communities.

I don’t think NPR and PBS would be praising this $5 million government grant if the private religious K-12 school in question was either Christian or Jewish.

Quite the opposite, in fact. They’d be claiming that it’s an unconstitutional use of tax money.

But since the religion in question is Islam, NPR and PBS think it’s a wonderful thing.

The ASS-k-NAZI Entity -- Israel -- claims that it is a "Jewish State"

How much money has Israel received from the US since 1948 ?​

 

[Lisa558]

The ASS-k-NAZI Entity -- Israel -- claims that it is a "Jewish State"

How much money has Israel received from the US since 1948 ?​

Summary: A leftist Jew is taking taxpayer money to support Muslim indoctrination against Jews.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Well that's not true.

Curriculum from Islamic high school

Islamic Curriculum | Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Yaqeen Curriculum™ is designed to offer a practical Islamic studies curriculum for high school students and Muslim youth.

yaqeeninstitute.org

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

The ASS-k-NAZI Entity -- Israel -- claims that it is a "Jewish State"

How much money has Israel received from the US since 1948 ?​

Jew hatred only weakens you.

 

[Contumacious]

Jew hatred only weakens you.

Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel​

Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel - The World from PRX

Neturei Karta is an Orthodox Jewish Haredi sect that takes an anti-Zionist stance. Its members who live in Israel say they do not vote, run for office or take assistance from the government, while openly supporting the return of all of Israel to Palestinians.

theworld.org

Pro white supremacist ASS-k-NAZI Zionists weakens you

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Give it up. You have looked silly the whole time you have been here.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Nah! I just have a fucking degree in history! You are just pissed because I destroyed your attempt at bigotry.

Academic Histwhorians Are Mouthpieces for the Deep State

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Are you currently attending a madrassah?

Allahu Akbarack!

Don't have to. A madrassah graduate became President. His speeches told us everything he learned there.

 

[Lisa558]

Allahu Akbarack!

Don't have to. A madrassah graduate became President. His speeches told us everything he learned there.

For example: “If the winds turn ugly between Muslims and Jews, I will stand with the Muslims.”

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

That does not excuse RC schools at all.

They cross the line.

No public funds for them.

Ignorant Ignatius

I went to a Jesuit high school. During four years of Latin, the priests didn't even reference altar-boy Latin, which would have been a great reference point, being recited every Sunday. And the Ancient Greek class neglected the New Testament, which is a great primer even for a secular school.

 

[Drop Dead Fred]

That is what happens when you argue for the ill-named concept of school choice. You get taxpayer funding of religious schools. This is no different than funding a Catholic school or Christian school.

Yes. That is my point. I agree with you.

But the difference is that liberals only complain when the school is Christian or Jewish. When the school is Muslim, liberals support it in the name of DEI.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Yes. That is my point. I agree with you.

But the difference is that liberals only complain when the school is Christian or Jewish. When the school is Muslim, liberals support it in the name of DEI.

Show one example where that is true.

 

[Coyote]

Yes. That is my point. I agree with you.

But the difference is that liberals only complain when the school is Christian or Jewish. When the school is Muslim, liberals support it in the name of DEI.

I don’t want taxpayer money funding religious schools.