Homogeneity of American culture is more a post-WWII development than anything else; just as one example there were entire German-speaking units in the Union army back in the Civil War (led, in large part, by German officers who’d bugged out of their homeland after 1848.)

We had, through the later 19th and early 20th century, large numbers of Irish immigrants whose hatred of Britain pretty much paralleled what the activist Muslim community thinks of Israel. They funded the Provos and did their (ineffective, as it turns out) best to keep the US from saving the British bacon in the World Wars. But they never represented an existential threat to the UK.

The principal of the controversial Khalil Gibran Arabic school who condoned some “intifada NYC” t-shirts has resigned…

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Students would become fluent in both languages while immersed in Arab culture and history under her plan.

That is great as extra subjects, but what about immersion in US culture and history because that is the country they live in now?

If more then 1 class a day goes toward arab studies and their main focus is not US history and culture, then they do not deserve public funding here in the US.

On August 10th, 2007 at 4:21 pm, JEM said:
No, as noted they’re private programs. We do have local public districts that do Spanish and Mandarin immersion programs but to my knowledge they’re not over-heavy on culture.

Then your annalogy falls utterly flat. The school in NYC is publicly funded. Taxpayer money in New York is going to fund a school that will teach Allah is greatest, and damn them white folk. And you girls? Cover up!

Private schools can teach whatever they want so long as they cover the basics. The moment public money starts to fund a school that will deal heavily in a religion, I draw a line.

If I wanted to start a school that pushed christian ideals, I would be lucky to make it the parking lot before the lynch mob caught me…

Bye Bye madrassa!