Islam in America: Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

First, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune reports that the Minnesota Department of Education is calling-out the Muslim Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA), a public charter school, accusing it of “blurring the line between religion and state by promoting Islam.” Of course the Muslims at Tarek ibn Ziyad, true to their al-taqiyya form, deny everything. Apparently the academy is in violation of Minnesota state law by allowing Friday Muslim prayers on school grounds. This is in addition to the daily 5-minute prayers in the school between Monday and Thursday. The Friday Islamic prayer session lasts for a half-hour and results in the students not meeting state requirements for total time under classroom instruction. The Star Tribune report also points out that “Letting teachers participate, even though they don’t lead prayers, may give students the impression that the school endorses Islam.” Du-uh, ya think? The prayers and the teachers’ presence is probably a mandatory requirement per the local “rightly guided” Imam. I mean, really, is there any question that the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy doesn’t endorse Islam?

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