New York's first Arab school under fire - 22 Aug 07

[agent333322]

OK PEOPLE NOT ALL ISLAMS ARE TERRORISTS... and we hate racism

im muslim an i got the american nationality ! you know why ?/ because i born in the us im from lebanon ...... now fuck every one who think all islam terrorists ! ! its not about the relig... its about the heart !

[ForCurrentUse]

Culture of Arabs, culture of the Middle East, lol, she's such an idiot, she probably is that naive, Wait until the scholars establish a foot hold of principle and moral authority, Wait until the same umbrella of intellectual Islamic teaching commissioners that founded the British schools comes knocking, Wait until they need a funding to keep the school running and Saudi Arabia offers $10 Million dollars with conditions.

"Teaching Arab culture" without Islam ? Impossible, People have false hope

[SuperMegaFart]

this news anchor is so pretty!1!!

[MrZetruth]

why does america keep accepting these people?!?!?!? it's not like mexicans who can cross the border muslims have to get a fucking visa, my god america why do you put up with this.

[Migueljs16]

Last I check, we dont promote or pay for a Hispanic class that teaches you to be hispanic. The Hispanic classes TEACHES you English, not another language, if you speak the language of THIS cvountry, why should we have a school thats soul propose is to teach another lanugage and concentrates on other languages...even worst, an ethnic group..am I the only one seen the picture not making sense?

This country is going down to hell

[ammar595]

Why would you want to teach your kids the language of monkeys, arabs came from a camels asshole.

[lahij]

@ammar595 , u bastard racism

[steviemacgregor]

Destroy islam before it destroys you!!!!

islam is an evil cult followed by gullible idiots

BNP = Everyone welcome except muslim scum

[lahij]

@steviemacgregor , they cannot destroy islam but they can kill or kick out muslim , honestly , they much afraid scare destroy islam because allah keep promise protect it

[agent333322]

@lahij agreed brother !

[Jtherva]

Why does she need to speak arabic. Move to another country you should integrate especially your children.

[murdockta]

if you want to keep you language and dont want to speak english then fuck off back to the middle east its simple and then you will have fucking nothing to moan about

[bess240]

judooo

[FunnyGuy5051]

i tought that meant the school was on fire not under fire and what does under fire mean i'm only 12

[justanoldman1]

@FunnyGuy5051 It means that muslims are here to destroy the country and make the whole world islamic.

[FunnyGuy5051]

thanks

[Migueljs16]

They might teach Spanish in some schools, but that's due to the HUGE Hispanic influx... last I check when I was in high school, they never toughed me Mexican, Colombian or any Hispanic culture, why should a even smaller minority get that exclusive right?

[Emyousmusa]

What amazes me is that people take about arab culture being terroristic, yet our own culture here in the U.S. christian culture in practice use terroristic tactics, this would be secularary and by means of the military/co'op agencies that interfer with other nations, and people/parties

That is why people need to know what happened to the BlackPanthers, and other political organizations that whould "expose" that view to the people to empower themselves.

[ZMorpheus]

LOL ignorant yanks, the more they believe this "terrorism" hype the more acts are enabled on expense of their rights of freedom. Patriot Act is the icing on the cake, how safe do Americans think they are while their government can abduct, arrest, detain, TORTURE, it's citizens with no grounded reason, all in the name of Homeland Security. It's the same tactic Hitler used when the Reinstag got "burnt" by terrorists and guess what.. FALSE FLAG. Don't they know history always repeats. keep whining.

[bombaclaat]

kristen saloomey is hot.....she is on fire lolololz xxx

[mariejoonam]

I know...i'm a woman, a jewish woman, and I WANT HER.

[JACKSABU]

its like this in england but worse, where i live out of ten people 3 of them will be non asian

[FromBoomTown]

I don't understand the 'emphasis' part of this. I mean just send them to a private tutor or take a cultural studies course at college or high school. I haven't heard of 'emphasis' on French culture or Asian culture. This is pure bs.

[homegrownhero]

It depends how much you value your own sub-culture (which of course is only PART of you, and interacts with many other things including OTHER sub-cultures) & language.

Trust me, for those fluent in other languages... having another language is like having a 2nd soul. It is a precious gift.

If the Europeans who immigrated to America didn't bother to makesure their children retained their languages; then that was their choice.. but again this is a perfectly acceptable choice on the other side 2.

[kaylakane]

Anyone that condones this school is not at all in tune with America and its values. We speake English not Arabic if you wish for your child to learn Arabic, fine GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL. Tax dollars run our public/governent schools. Look at the responses, we hate Jews/Isreal, America dose not hate them. Why should my tax dollars pay for your child to learn YOUR CULTURE-NOT AMERICAS. This is not France, we will hold true to Americas culture.

[randomjoe333333]

Yeah true funny how they try and close this school but they let jesus camps flow and get public donations

[senantiasa]

But there are many Spanish speaking schools in the US and universities too...

[marcelo602]

Why don't you enroll and learn something?

[homegrownhero]

This is more about culture & language.

But i suspect it's more about language than anything else.

America and its values? Promote freedom at a deep-level.. to be able to do what you want within the law & NOT harm others.

This is an alternative.. just deal with it. They are American tax-payers, they (quite reasonably) can push for slightly-modified LO's in school.

If you're aggrieved about taxmoney going on things while ppl starve or are out of work, look first @ foreign aid to Israel.

[sami6108]

I m giving exmpl how western media twist news.1st last year israel was doing an military exercise on lebanon around 10 km inside where hezbul attacked them n got 2 soldier.But media twisted the news by hezbul took 2 soldier of israel in a cross border raid .They miss quoted ahmeds comnt when he said as ussr lost in the same way zionism will also be lost in the history of time"But the media twisted it with israel will be wipped out of the map.

[sami6108]

Guyz the sorrowful part is that us govt or authority did not permit al jazeera to air in the usa! dnt knw y !! but always heard that in usa there is a freedom of speech. Then where is the fear about aljazeera in usa!! After all this is only a channel. Jews have 6 news channel,what if muslims have 1 channel. I guess they worry twisted truth will come in to the view of the ppl!

[crazeehat]

yea, there r 15million Arab Christians!

[happywallaby]

to craaahat: I'm American living here in the South with no children. If I do have children one day, I would love for them to attend this school.

on the other hand, i'm an 18 year old from singapore.

c'mon craz, is that taqiyya i smell?

[crazeehat]

ure from singapore??

[happywallaby]

to dhrtaratra: things i "cant be bothered" with. 1) sentence: readable, but non-responsive. 2) sentence: what does this mean? 3 3) collection of words: i guess i was wrong when i thought you could say "al-takiyah."

are there any schools of any kind in new zealand?

[happywallaby]

where is the state-funded school teaching the hebrew language with no connection to judaism? this report has to be true though; it's by al-jazeera and it's on the internet. can you say "al-takiyah?" i thought you could.

[PerfectMemoryRight1]

Marry the widows and adopt the orphans.

Sura al Nur.

[asteroide]

they both have concerns but one is clearly based in ignorance, narrow mindedeess and generalization of 1.3 billion people. hence not valid

[asteroide]

even though the school has nothing to do with religion, The bigots thinking that it does is how Islam can be a filter that exposes their filthy backwardness and prejudice that it is still repressed in the common neighbor next door.

[MindGap09]

This muslim propaganda First off "Stop The Madrasa" is not pro-Iraqi war. Secondly, this video is not getting down to the real facts of why the school has come under fire. The city and D.O.E has not responded to any questions from the public on what the school will teach. Secondly, The "western media" plahys down Islamic terrorism in most cases. They fear of being politically incorrect when actually it might be the opposite.

Read into the facts, and history of the people running the school

[Batavian187]

When the first English preacher came into the Dutch church in New Amsterdam modern day New York they kicked him out this was years after they had conquered New York.

Today they all speak English and they are fully integrated into the American society and culture and fully participate.

You should not feed seperation by openen up Arab schools or Spanish schools or Dutch schools.

Make them American schools.

[cdmart1]

I'm American living here in the South with no children. If I do have children one day, I would love for them to attend this school.

[happywallaby]

to cdmart1: probably not a southern baptist.

[cdmart1]

No I'm not, but when I was a child I was made to go to a Southern Baptist church. I've seen alot of no good of the baptist here and elsewhere. Most christians that I have come across in my lifetime so far do not particuliarly impress me. It's all about greed, money, and disrespecting others. At least Muslims that I have come across respect family and values and most christians are uneducated about the middle ease and the islam religion.

[happywallaby]

to cdmart1: that's nice.

[MrIhateislam100]

@cdmart1 get the fuck out here u muslim terrorist cunt

[asdfghjkl9731]

@MrIhateislam100 get the fuck out you fuckin christan ass hole mafia bitch

[DarkerOfTheMind]

Got to love the Closed minded people trying to get rid of a perfectly fine public school.

[jayezzo]

Steven Emerson is very nasty person who sold out to the Zionist. 9/11 was an inside job (home made) by the Christians and the Zionists (the beneficiaries).

[housebrand]

This story can be told without the clip of Steven Emerson. I find his inclusion, and subsequent lack of background to be disingenuous. Steven Emerson is an American investigative journalist specializing in national security, terrorism, and Islamic extremism. -wiki (the F.A.I.R. article is extensive)

[charlind73]

why most terrorist are islamic??? do you teach terrorism?

[jayezzo]

Lies have been spread about the Muslims by the west and Israel, just as 9/11 being an inside job. All you have to do is simply look at the gainers of this so called war on terrorism. The real terrorists are those behind the 9/11 the war crimes and the Zionist media for covering the truth.

[jklasdfjdfksl]

where do you come to the conclusion that "most terrorist are islamic"? terrorism is used by many countries and groups that are not islamic. the reaction you are noticing is something hyped by Western-based media to affiliate the word "terrorist" with a middle eastern identity to justify the ongoing crimes agains the region which have given rise to the exterme reaction and justify it in the minds of some.

[RiverToSea]

Jews used terrorism extensively in Palestine, leading up to their "war of indepedence" (ethnic cleansing). Iztak Shamir and Menachem Begin were terrorists with blood on their hands - even booby trapping the dead bodies of British peacekeepers to kill rescue workers. Jews introduced airline hijacking to the middle east too. Wonderful ramifications to what they started, huh?

[ullanm]

river to sea, your an idiot, muslims make up for 90% of world fighting today, because their faith is based around pure hatred. Dont event try to put terrorism on jews....

[sami6108]

Is that really so !!!!! Have you counted all the cuban terrorists , all the south americans terrorists and obviously yr usa state terrorism of usa by neo cons and zionism. I havn't included israel terrorism .Just a stat i m giving by all the palestenian terrorists israeli killed 1072 where as israeli killed 8 times more along with house destryed 1800 in the last six month to increase sattlement!!! but pals didn't destroyed israeli house.Then whos the terrorists.

[Aiursrage2k]

Hurray for today the globalists are happy!

[AzarMalik]

Can't stop the inevitable... Muslims are here and they are staying. We'd be lucky to have more of such schools. What's funny is the in their hatred of something new and different, critics forget that over 20% of the Arabs are CHRISTIAN. Go figure!

[saqibakascarface]

Um....its a public school with predominately non Muslims and by the way there's no single shred of evidence that this is a school for terrorists.

[abusalahedin]

100% agree with but have to add that Jews not only run America but also run the rest of the world. Germany still pays retripution for what the Nazis did over 60 years ago and on the other hand the Jews are not held accountable for what they are doing today to the Palestinians and Lebanese.

[ap03at]

Every religion has extremists...stop bashing the arabs and muslims...America is already invading and destroying their countries...now you want to shut down their schools? Land of the free my ass.

[suhailshafi]

I think an Arab school in the US is a great idea...I see no reason why it should not go ahead.Anyway the US is a free country so why should people of Arab descent should not have a school just like people of other backgrounds is unclear. Bring on the school....

[mexirigger]

I wish i lived in new york so I could go to this school. It's a shame that so many right-wingers are so intolerant that they won't bother to understand it.

[TheBigLeb]

Saying that 100% of arabs are muslims is like saying that 100% of hispanics are catholic christians. Its just the culture not religion, there are arab christians, jews, and others.

[omione123]

Most Americans do not know the difference between what is an Arab and what is a muslim. For god sakes it will be run under the New York public school curriculum. The right is extremely powerful and they are very good at mobilising their populous. And the populous are not intelligent. Don't forget before Bush got into power in 2000, he could not locate Afganistan on a map, nor did he know Canada had a prime minister.

[brick4sale]

That's not true it's just these people don't like any immigrants, or various cultures that stray from the white Protestant way of life that know and love.

[filjoot]

if the US is a country of freedom, why Debby was asked to step dpown just of the word "intifada"?!!!

jst bcuz of a word,,,,i wonder what freedom the US has?

[ZENMASTER02]

This is an example of the ignorance and racism that is soo strong among right wingers in the US..This isnt even an Islamic school..they teach the arabic language only..many US right wingers only want their people to drown in ignorance and hatred without any education.

[achmundo]

islamaphobia

[sgelles]

this school is an awesome idea and hopefully it will succeed.

[ubernathan]

racism against arabs in america...never! lol

[jalal0]

Is this what USA call democracy and freedom of speech?

[PeaceThroughJustice]

Shame on you, Al Jazeera, for not mentioning that this opposition was organized by New York's Jewish community. The same community, by the way, which lobbies for state-funded Jewish culture schools.

Pimping for war and spreading Islamophobia. Gotta love 'em.

[DannyUnknown]

islam seems to be spreading everywhere here in britain they are building a mega mosque which will hold about 100,000 thousand muslims and it will dwarf all other catholic churches in britain

[mth71]

When a public school Principle wears a shirt with "INTIFATA" on it, you got problems in NYC.

Stupid move on her part. Stop the madrassa!

[mrgully]

It just shows how western news media propaganda machine is at work,they will be successful in creating divisions amongst people.

[ali4985]

madrassa means school, not religious school. it literally means 'the place where lessons occur'. ignorant americans link evil terrorists when they think of madrassa.

[AllahuRabbi]

Nice poster at the end!

[cheegum]

thank you aljazeera

[BigOrangeTitan]

"History is always shaded by political views" like thinking the words "Arab school" mean "madrassa"? Or assuming its going to teach "radical Islam". "I don't think the two are synonymous." I think that's exactly what Mr. Emerson thinks.