Pamela Geller, American Thinker: Hamas High School in Florida?

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Hamas High School in Florida? Pamela Geller

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Why is a representative of a terror-linked organization, a defender of jihad terror groups and an apologist for Islamic supremacism welcome to speak in public schools?

Back on December 4, I published at my website AtlasShrugs.com the disturbing news of child abuse in Florida public schools: the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was poisoning the minds of high school students. CAIR was crowing about its propaganda putsch in getting their party line into high schools, but did not name the schools or who spoke. This shows that Hamas-linked CAIR knows what they are doing is subversion, and that the schools would be held accountable.

However, now we have been able to identify one school — Steinbrenner High School — where a representative of CAIR spoke to students. An informed source tells me it was the notorious Hassan Shibly.

Shibly has a track record of defending jihad terrorist groups and acting as an apologist for the worldwide jihad and Islamic supremacism.

Following the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War, Shibly granted legitimacy to Hezb'allah by characterizing it as a "resistance movement" that provides valued social services to the Lebanese people. "They're absolutely not a terrorist organization," Shibly said, and "any war against them is illegitimate" — more on that here.

Nonetheless, he was welcomed into the school and spoke to several classes throughout the day, including AP World History, World History, and World Religions.

The email exchanges between CAIR and Steinbrenner High School are revealing. Kelly Miliziano, a World History teacher at Steinbrenner, wrote this in a November 14 email: "Every year I invite a representative from CAIR to speak to our AP World History Students." After CAIR-Tampa responded favorably, Miliziano wrote again: "Over the years I have had many speakers from CAIR come to my classes, and it has been such a good learning experience for the students." She added: "I would prefer to have a speaker for each period of the day so that students can really interact with the speaker and ask questions." 

"Every year"? "Many speakers from CAIR"? "Each period of the day"? Hamas-linked groups are regularly talking to high school students? Unindicted co-conspirators in the largest terror funding trial in our nation's history are being given a platform to mislead impressionable teenagers? Miliziano suggested topics that would have given CAIR a magnificent platform to spread their disinformation among the students:

• Topics can range from :
• The mission of CAIR
• Basic beliefs, practices, history of….
• Confronting stereotypes and misconceptions (a favorite of students)
• Sharia
• Why does Islam look differently around the world?
• Human Rights and Islam
• Women and Islam in different countries
• Any other topic you think students should know about.

These are important subjects for students to study, but Hamas-tied CAIR is the last place where they can find out the truth about them. Is this what our public schools are doing with our children — subjecting them to indoctrination and propaganda? That is child abuse. Where are the counter voices? Where are the voices of freedom?

Steinbrenner High School officials should have known that CAIR is a Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas-linked organization that is dedicated to spreading disinformation about Islam and terror, opposing anti-terror activity, and defaming freedom fighters. CAIR was one of the many Islamic groups that were named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas jihad funding trial. They are in the top five of the AFDI Threats to Freedom Index.

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And work the phones: Brenda Grasso, Principal email: [email protected] Phone 813-792-5131

Kelly R. Miliziano, Ph.D. (extended the invitation to CAIR) Social Studies Department

Milizano "preferred to have a speaker for each period of the day so that students can really interact with the speaker and ask questions."

Here is our school bell schedule.
Period 1 7:33-8:23 2 8:29-9:24
3 9:30-10:20
4 10:26-11:16
5
Lunch
6 12:18-1:08
7 1:14-2:04
8 2:10-3:00 We should have between 30 and 40 students each

Hillsborough County Public Schools

MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

901 E Kennedy Blvd
P.O. Box 3408
Tampa, Fl 33601 USA

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Mzungu

12 years ago

This is the email I wrote to the Principal-
Good Morning,
According to a blog posting on American Thinker your school has ,in the past, invited a representative from CAIR to speak to a World History class. I hope I am not mistaken that you have allowed a group with known links to terrorist organizaton, Hamas, to speak propaganda to an entrapped audience. I would hope, that if this is true, that you sent parents a note requesting permission. Please take this as a warning that if you are going to maintain a separation of church and state that you also maintain a separation of mosque and state. At the very least if world history is important that you invite also a Jewish Rabbi and a Christian Apologist. Contact a local synagogue for reference to a willing historian of Jews. Contact Ravi Zacharias also for history of Indian/American and Christian history. rzim.org
Sincerely,
(my name)
(neighboring city where I live)

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Rocco Lore

12 years ago

And we know what would happen if a Christian group decided to do something similar and it was mandatory for all students to attend.

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Linda Rivera

12 years ago

The betrayal of our great nation is utterly unbearable. Muslims who seek to conquer us; destroy us, and take away all of our human rights and freedom, are welcomed into America’s schools. The Koran commands Muslims to conquer ALL nations. Jihad is an obligation in the Koran.
Council on American-Islamic Relations: “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.” – Omar Ahmad (CAIR co-founder).
Suicide bombers follow Quran, concludes Pentagon briefing.
Addressing a youth session at the 1999 Islamic Association for Palestine’s annual convention in Chicago, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) founder Omar Ahmad praised suicide bombers who “kill themselves for Islam,”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52184

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Johnny Dough

12 years ago

Pam, maybe you should call the school and ask for equal time to inform the classes that were spoken to about the truth about CAIR and it’s doctrine.

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Linda Rivera

12 years ago

I called and left messages as I was not able to speak to anyone. I also e-mailed.

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Mad Jewess

12 years ago

All of this “PC” is sickening. Maybe that is why I am super rude.
Look at this, you all will enjoy Rep. Lungren:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WU6n1mrpAGY
The guy that he is addressing is an IDIOT!

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Clearsighted

12 years ago

Keep in mind that Hillsborough County / Tampa has one of the largest Muslim populations in Florida.

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Xavier823

12 years ago

I have said it before, this story does not surprise me. Tampa and U.S.F. has been a jihad hot spot since the early 1990s.

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wri7913

12 years ago

Clearsighted, do you know why this area has the highest population of Muslims in Florida? Think militarily… what is an important objective in a war?
Neutralize the enemies ability to make war on you.
What exists in Tampa area that would make war on Muslims?
ANSWER:
It is the home of CENTCOM at Fort McDill AFB. CENTCOM is the Central Command for all of our Special Forces.

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