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Feds still implementing Obama policies that favor Muslim students, promote CAIR

Sep 25, 2018 7:19 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Federal officials are being urged to drop Obama administration policies that give special treatment to Muslim students in violation of the Constitution.

Even worse than the Obama administration’s preferential treatment of Muslims, CAIR (an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case) is being promoted…..

The organization is asking the government to rescind policies in which schools “single out a religious sect for preferential treatment or otherwise classify on the basis of religion” and allow “sectarian organizations like CAIR to advance their political or religious agenda in schools.

CAIR has claimed “that after President Donald Trump’s election, a ‘plague’ of Muslim bullying had swept through district schools.”

the truth was that in 2015 and 2016 there were only two reported incidents of bullying related to Muslim students, the letter says….On the other hand, the district reported 11 incidents of anti-Semitic bullying.

A ratio of 1 to 5.5.

“Obama policies favoring Muslim students must go, feds told,” by Bob Unruh, WND, September 22, 2018:

Federal officials are being urged to drop Obama administration policies that give special treatment to Muslim students in violation of the Constitution.

The request comes from the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, which is opposing in court several school districts over practices favoring Muslims.

The group’s letter is addressed to John Gore, the acting assistant attorney general in the civil rights division of the Justice Department, and Kenneth Marcus, the assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

The organization is asking the government to rescind policies in which schools “single out a religious sect for preferential treatment or otherwise classify on the basis of religion” and allow “sectarian organizations like CAIR to advance their political or religious agenda in schools.”

It also should define “bullying” and “harassment,” and focus “on an alleged bully’s objectively offensive conduct rather than his motive or intent.”

The letter explains: “To be clear, school districts do have a wide range of constitutionally sound measures to address violence, threats, and abuses. But schools should ensure an equally safe and welcoming educational environment for all students, regardless of religion.”

The letter points out that the current practices, implemented under Obama, include a “Fact Sheet” on how to combat discrimination “against Muslim students.”

There’s also a guidance called “Twenty Plus Things Schools Can Do to Respond to or Prevent Hate Incidents Against Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Sikhs,” which tells schools to identify special concerns of students with those religions and create “cultural awareness learning opportunities” about them.

“In addition, the DOJ has ‘sponsored a series of webinars,’ including ‘Strategies for Educators, Counselors, and Community Members to Bulid Protective Factors for America’s Muslim Youth.”

However, the letter argues, the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause “prohibit the government from officially preferring one religious group to another.”

‘To that end, the government ‘may not adopt programs or practices which aid or oppose any religion.’”

If fact, the FCDF explained, the government does “not have any similar policies directing school districts to protect Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or atheist students from bullying.”

“The government should not be encouraging schools to divide students along religious lines,” said Daniel Piedra, FCDF’s executive director. “No doubt educators have a grave responsibility to protect students from bullying, including Muslim students, but the Constitution prohibits school districts from adopting any program that favors or disfavors a particular religion.”

The letter notes the issue is at the center of one of FCDF’s current cases.

Five families and two advocacy groups sued San Diego’s public school district in 2017 because of its “anti-Islamophobia initiative.” The district claimed there was wide-spread bullying of Muslim students.

“In doing so, the district school board relied on surveys provided by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an Islamic advocacy organization. CAIR claimed that after President Donald Trump’s election, a ‘plague’ of Muslim bullying had swept through district schools.”

But the truth was that in 2015 and 2016 there were only two reported incidents of bullying related to Muslim students, the letter says.

“On the other hand, the district reported 11 incidents of anti-Semitic bullying.”…..

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  1. End PC says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 8:23 am

    “In addition to being invidiously discriminatory, such a policy dilutes concrete definitions like ‘bullying’ and ‘harassment,’ it allows for unbridled discretion in enforcement decisions, and it potentially punishes student expression protected under the First Amendment.”

    Exactly.
    https://www.fcdflegal.org/fcdf-urges-trump-administration-to-rescind-obama-era-religiously-discriminatory-school-bullying-policies/

    • boakai ngombu says

      Sep 25, 2018 at 10:17 am

      The group’s letter is addressed to John Gore, the acting assistant attorney general in the civil rights division of the Justice Department, and Kenneth Marcus, the assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

      anymore, considering the ongoing situations surrounding the present administration and the subversive state, can we expect that these civil rights experts will be fair?

      • Rebecca eatmon says

        Sep 25, 2018 at 1:43 pm

        Spot on deep state

    • Rob says

      Sep 25, 2018 at 8:03 pm

      CAIR – fox in the hen house.

  2. Halal Bacon says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 11:15 am

    what is this you say? muslims lie? oh my word…

  3. Valley of the bones says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    The organization is asking the government to rescind policies in which schools “single out a religious sect for preferential treatment or otherwise classify on the basis of religion” and WHICH allow “sectarian organizations like CAIR to advance their political or religious agenda in schools.

    Fixed.

    • jule says

      Sep 26, 2018 at 4:59 am

      Schools are not supposed to teach Religion. They should teach the History of Jihad (Islam)

  4. Rebecca eatmon says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 1:54 pm

    CAIR in Michigan is out of control. They deny the existential threats in Dearborn. Tell members how to lie. Misinform the public. And of course the liberal Detroit free press loves them. We will sto this nonsense soon

  5. livingengine says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    CAIR is on the local almost everyday!
    https://citizensforconfrontingcairontelevision.com/daily-blog/

  6. josephine says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 5:23 pm

    STOP STOP STOP any special rules to help muslims; why can’t they assimilate. THEY ARE NOT SPECIAL IN ANY SENSE OF THE IMAGINATION.

    CAIR/ MB MUST BE DECLARED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS FOR WHAT THEY ARE. THE ONLY THING ISLAM IS INTERESTED IN IS DOMINATION AND GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO LIE, LIE, LIE.

    MUSLIMS CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED FOR ANY REASON.

    WAKEUP FOLKS

    THE SNAKES ARE AT THE DOOR OF EVERY GROUP AT EVERY LEVEL

  7. gravenimage says

    Sep 25, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    Feds still implementing Obama policies that favor Muslim students, promote CAIR
    ………………..

    End it now.

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