The Ummah Fights for Islam in Public School

As every American knows, there must be a separation of church and state. Which is why the ACLU was suing the school. Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) is a K-8 charter school in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Charter schools are public schools, and by law must not endorse or promote religion. But TIZA is an Islamic school, funded by Minnesota taxpayers.

Well, the families want to get into the fight against our most basic, cherished American principle.

The Muslims in the Islamic public school are taking off the gloves.

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The dhimmi media paints it as "seeking to protect their rights" — as what? Muslims? Certainly it is not protecting their rights as Americans. It is against the law for my taxpayer dollars and your taxpayer dollars to be used to fund indoctrination into a supremacist ideology.

Look how they use our Constitution, our democracy to kill it.

TiZA families seek to join in legal fight over religion at school hat tip Chuck

Seeking to protect their rights, a group of TiZA students and parents want to join the lawsuit between the American Civil Liberties Union and the school, which has locations in Blaine and Inver Grove Heights.

In a formal move to join the legal battle over religion at their school, several families at Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA) have asked a judge to let them intervene as parties in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

The ACLU claims that the charter school, which has locations in Inver Grove Heights and Blaine, has violated the U.S. Constitution by crossing the line between religion and public education.

But in a motion filed Wednesday, 10 Muslim students and four of their parents argue that the ACLU is seeking to eliminate "democratically and legally obtained" religious accommodations, such as pork alternatives on the lunch menu, a conservative dress code and the time and space to pray at school.

"The accommodations offered at TiZA are the same accommodations the [families] believe are required at TiZA and are the same accommodations the [ACLU] alleges are prohibited at TiZA," the motion said.

"Basically, TiZA is being sued for the Muslim-ness of its students," it said.

The families seek to join the lawsuit as parties, which would allow them to conduct discovery, file motions and otherwise assert their rights, said their attorney, Erick Kaardal. They do not propose to file any counterclaims, he said.

The ACLU exists to defend the Constitution, said Teresa Nelson, legal counsel with the ACLU. "For them to suggest that we are somehow trying to get a decision that would violate the Constitution — frankly, that's unwarranted," she said.

If families feel that their rights to religious accommodation are being violated, she said, "the appropriate venue for them is to initiate a civil action against TiZA."

In court documents, parents said they send their children to the school for a quality education, not religion, but still want their families' religious needs to be met. The school is a "safe, non-sectarian, cultural learning environment for immigrant families" and should not be closed, they said.

Several said they were unhappy because, in response to a state investigation, the school has reduced the time set aside on Fridays for Muslim students to pray, from 30 minutes to 10 minutes.

"The ACLU lawsuit threatens more reductions," said Javed Mohammad, who has two sons at TiZA, in a court document.

UPDATE: Another one: CA: Another taxpayer funded Islamic school, more ethical challenges, fraud

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