[ April 13, 2026 ]
Now this is rich. Don’t this beat all? THE SCHOOL MUST NOT OPEN. Why won’t we fight for what we believe? Islam wins by default.
The use of Lebanese-American author poet Khalil Gibran is taqiya (Koranic instruction to deceive in order to advance Islam) in its most perfect and vile form.
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York, NY – The Friends of Gibran Council (FoGC), concerned with the misuse of
the great legacy of Lebanese-American author and poet Khalil Gibran, issues the
following release.The
proposed Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA), based on information
received to date by the FoGC, would not honor the legacy of a great poet, an
artist who achieved greatness in the US as an emigrant fleeing Lebanon where his
community has been suffering persecution in their ancestral home in Lebanon at
the hands of religious powers.Gibran’s
ancestry was Lebanese, Christian and Maronite (Aramaic-Syriac). He has authored
works in English and Arabic. Therefore, the claims of teaching Arabic under the
name of Gibran ring hollow as he is not ethnically Arab although there are many
great Arab poets. Gibran, although a great artist and poet and fluent in Arabic
was not an Arab poet or painter. To analogize in a very basic manner, Americans
speak English but are not English.The
founders of the KGIA could easily change the name of the school to honor a great
Arabic writer or poet, of which there are many, if that is their true intent.Gibran
was a believer in the universality of human rights and the dignity of the
individual. Therefore, the board of trustees of the KGIA should reflect Gibran’s
values and ideals. Appointing radicals and Imams who have been associated with
extremist and Jihadist groups is an affront to these ideals.ADVERTISEMENTThe
teaching of Arabic in public schools is a laudable goal; many more American
students should be proficient in this largely spoken language. However, in no
way should the Arabic language and Islamism be mixed.The
great name of Kahlil Gibran is not owned by anyone. Until recently, no group or
individual has taken advantage of this situation. To allow the KGIA to use his
name now under clearly false pretenses would, in effect, rewrite history and
would do grave harm to the students of NYC.
Read it all.
UPDATE:Gibran’s Legacy – August 29, 2007 –
The New York Sun
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