Bloodthirsty Liberal

Ohio uses tax dollars to fund two Islamic schools

I did not know that parochial schools could be funded with taxpayer dollars. I thought it was a no-no under the separation of church and state clause in the constitution. Huh.

They are both failing to educate kids. I wonder if this has to do with a difference of opinion around the meaning of the word “educate”?

The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) released their annual school report cards this week, and the results show that two taxpayer-financed Islamic charter schools operated by officials of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have failed miserably yet again. But protected by powerful political connections, including Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, and apparently indifferent to their exploitation of the Somali children that comprise the vast majority of their students, the Islamic extremists running the operation appear to have no fear of losing their cash cows. In fact, Ohio educrats have renewed one school’s contract after five years of complete academic failure.

The two schools, International Academy and Westside Academy, are run by a group of local Islamic leaders, including CAIR national board vice chairman Ahmad Al-Akhras, CAIR-Columbus president and CAIR-Ohio board member Abukar Arman, and Islamic Society of Greater Columbus president and imam Mouhamed Tarazi (who serves as principal of one of the schools). At one time or another, all have served on the board of the local private Islamic school in Central Ohio, Sunrise Academy.

I guess I don’t understand how they can keep the schools going if they are failing to teach the basics. I also wonder how they stack up to local public school alternatives? Maybe they are equally bad? The articles says that they are significantly worse. It also goes on to explain that they are taught only in Arabic, that they are taught to hate Jews and others, etc. If we have readers in Ohio, I’d be interested in your thoughts.

- Aggie