Muslim charter school officials attack news crew in Twin Cities

This will set the charter school movement back a bit.

Ed Morrissey reports on Muslim school officials attack news crew in Twin Cities:

"I’ve followed the story about the Tarik ibn Zayad Academy and allegations that it abuses its status as a state-funded charter school to teach Islam instead of a public-school curriculum for the last six weeks. Katherine Kersten first brought the story to our attention, for which local journalists have begun petitioning the Star Tribune to fire her. The state department of education found several potential issues for violation of laws intending to keep public schools from providing religious instruction, and notified the school today that it had to make changes to its Friday prayer efforts and the lack of transportation service for students who opt out of prayers, among other issues.
"Local ABC affiliate KSTP has also continued to update the reporting on this story. Today they went to the school to determine how TiZA would respond to the state’s demand for corrective action. Instead, they found themselves at the center of the story as two TiZA officials attacked the news crew and stole their camera ..."

Ed makes the point that there seems to be a double standard. Politicians are reluctant to fund Christian schools, but are slow to address Muslim schools.

(Hat tip: Instapundit)


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