The New York Times published a story today detailing the controversy surrounding the Khalil Gibran International School in Brooklyn, New York. I am saddened and outraged by the whole mess. The founder Debbie Almontaser sought only to foster understanding between the US and Muslims. Children of Arab descent would join students of other ethnicities,
learning Arabic together. By graduation, they would be fluent and groomed to become new generation of American leaders. They would be
ready, in Ms. Almontaser’s words, to become “ambassadors of peace and
hope.” In my eyes, she was a victim fear-mongers who exploit ignorance to promote their own closed-minded ideology.
Read the article and check out the media section. The Times does a great job of conveying the progression of the controversy.
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