The rise and fall of Debbie Almontaser, formerly the principal of New York City's Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA) - the first Arabic-themed public school in New York City - was chronicled last week in a New York Times article by Andrea Elliott. As indicated by the headline, "Critics Cost Muslim Educator Her Dream School," Ms. Elliot (she of Pulitzer Prize fame for whitewashing the radicalism of Brooklyn Sheikh Reda Shata) finds no fault in Ms. Almontaser, who Elliot tells us is just a hapless victim of circumstance and a misdirected "right-wing" smear campaign.In fact, Ms. Almontaser resigned from her position when she sparked a controversy defending T-shirts, produced by a company that uses offices of a company of which Almontaser is a board member, with the phrase "Intifada NYC" emblazoned on the front. Almontaser stated that Intifada merely meant "shaking off" and did not represent the common understanding of the word, that of a suicide bombing and terror campaign.
Elliot, like all of Almontaser's defenders, has hailed her as a "moderate," with a history of reaching out to the Christian and Jewish communities. And, on April 29, in the long tradition of such "moderates," Ms. Almontaser proved that she is anything but. Read more ...
Source: IPT News
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