Tweet
IS WALMART WEALTH FUNDING RADICAL ISLAMIC SCHOOLS IN THE U.S.A.?
Family Security Matters
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.7149/pub_detail.asp
Aug 24 2010
The Walton Family Foundation is shelling out millions (pdf) to fund
charter schools with alleged ties to militant Islam throughout the
country.
At the schools, which have been "inspired" by Imam Fethullah Gulen,
students are immersed in Turkish customs, rituals, and language. They
take part in so-called "Turkish Olympics" and are encouraged to make
annual pilgrimages to Istanbul and Ankara. The schools allegedly
foster the dream of the restoration of the Ottoman Empire and dismiss
all accounts of the Armenian Christian holocaust as fanciful myths.
According to Stephen Schwartz of the Center for Islamic Pluralism,
the students at the Gulen schools are also steeped in the tenets of
militant Islam so they may be of serve a role in the re-establishment
of the Ottoman Empire and the extension of shariah (Islamic law)
throughout Europe and the United States.
Many of the teachers at these schools are Turkish émigrés with
questionable credentials. Some possess H-1B non immigrant visas which
should only be granted to individuals who possess "highly specialized
knowledge in a field of human endeavor." The female faculty members
appear in their classrooms wearing hijabs and traditional Islamic
attire.
Rachel Sharon-Krespin writes: "His (Gulen's) followers target youth in
the eighth through twelfth grades, mentor and indoctrinate them in the
ıÅ~_ıkevi, educate them in the Fethullah schools, and prepare them
for future careers in legal, political, and educational professions
in order to create the ruling classes of the future Islamist,
Turkish state."
Even more telling is a comment from Nurettin Veren, Gulen's right
hand man for 35 years, who says: "These schools are like shop windows.
Recruitment and Islamization are carried out through night classes.
The Walton Family derived its vast fortune - - estimated at $89.5 -
- from Sam and Bud Walton, the founders of Wal-Mart.
In California, the Walton Family Foundation has donated approximately
$1 million to the Magnolia Science Academies that have been "inspired"
by Gulen and his movement.
Similarly, the Waltons have provided sizeable checks to similar Gulen
charter schools, including the Indiana Math and Science Foundation
which received $230,000 in 2007.
During the same year, the Waltons gave the same amount to Noble Academy
Charter School in Ohio, the Abramson Science and Technology Charter
School in Louisiana, and the Noble Academy Charter School in Ohio -
- all of which uphold Gulen's teachings and ideology.
Another Gulen-inspired institution - - the Lisa Academy Charter School
in Arkansas - - was granted $154,244.
The above figures are the tip of the iceberg since the allocations
of the Walton Family Foundation to the Gulen schools in 2009 have
not been disclosed.
The Gulen-inspired schools have also received more than $10 million
from Bill Gates of Microsoft fame, and nearly $1 billion in federal
and state funds.
Fethullah Gulen has been labeled "the most dangerous Islamist on
planet earth."
In 1998, he fled his native Turkey to escape arrest on government
charges that he sought to overthrow the secular Ataturk government.
With his vast fortune - - estimated by the U.S. Justice Department
to exceed $25 billion - - Gulen found refuge in Pennsylvania, where
he established a mountain fortress on 45 acres of land in the rural
community of Saylorsburg.
>From Saylorsburg, Gulen worked to transform the secular government of
Turkey into an Islamic Republic under the Justice and Democratic Party
(Adalet ve Kalkinma, AKP)- - a party under the Gulen's control.
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.,
is the author of The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America and the
Western World, The Al Qaeda Connection, and other best-selling books.
He is a frequent guest on such national news networks as ABC
News, CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR. Visit his website at
http://thelastcrusade.org/.
From: A. Papazian
Family Security Matters
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.7149/pub_detail.asp
Aug 24 2010
The Walton Family Foundation is shelling out millions (pdf) to fund
charter schools with alleged ties to militant Islam throughout the
country.
At the schools, which have been "inspired" by Imam Fethullah Gulen,
students are immersed in Turkish customs, rituals, and language. They
take part in so-called "Turkish Olympics" and are encouraged to make
annual pilgrimages to Istanbul and Ankara. The schools allegedly
foster the dream of the restoration of the Ottoman Empire and dismiss
all accounts of the Armenian Christian holocaust as fanciful myths.
According to Stephen Schwartz of the Center for Islamic Pluralism,
the students at the Gulen schools are also steeped in the tenets of
militant Islam so they may be of serve a role in the re-establishment
of the Ottoman Empire and the extension of shariah (Islamic law)
throughout Europe and the United States.
Many of the teachers at these schools are Turkish émigrés with
questionable credentials. Some possess H-1B non immigrant visas which
should only be granted to individuals who possess "highly specialized
knowledge in a field of human endeavor." The female faculty members
appear in their classrooms wearing hijabs and traditional Islamic
attire.
Rachel Sharon-Krespin writes: "His (Gulen's) followers target youth in
the eighth through twelfth grades, mentor and indoctrinate them in the
ıÅ~_ıkevi, educate them in the Fethullah schools, and prepare them
for future careers in legal, political, and educational professions
in order to create the ruling classes of the future Islamist,
Turkish state."
Even more telling is a comment from Nurettin Veren, Gulen's right
hand man for 35 years, who says: "These schools are like shop windows.
Recruitment and Islamization are carried out through night classes.
The Walton Family derived its vast fortune - - estimated at $89.5 -
- from Sam and Bud Walton, the founders of Wal-Mart.
In California, the Walton Family Foundation has donated approximately
$1 million to the Magnolia Science Academies that have been "inspired"
by Gulen and his movement.
Similarly, the Waltons have provided sizeable checks to similar Gulen
charter schools, including the Indiana Math and Science Foundation
which received $230,000 in 2007.
During the same year, the Waltons gave the same amount to Noble Academy
Charter School in Ohio, the Abramson Science and Technology Charter
School in Louisiana, and the Noble Academy Charter School in Ohio -
- all of which uphold Gulen's teachings and ideology.
Another Gulen-inspired institution - - the Lisa Academy Charter School
in Arkansas - - was granted $154,244.
The above figures are the tip of the iceberg since the allocations
of the Walton Family Foundation to the Gulen schools in 2009 have
not been disclosed.
The Gulen-inspired schools have also received more than $10 million
from Bill Gates of Microsoft fame, and nearly $1 billion in federal
and state funds.
Fethullah Gulen has been labeled "the most dangerous Islamist on
planet earth."
In 1998, he fled his native Turkey to escape arrest on government
charges that he sought to overthrow the secular Ataturk government.
With his vast fortune - - estimated by the U.S. Justice Department
to exceed $25 billion - - Gulen found refuge in Pennsylvania, where
he established a mountain fortress on 45 acres of land in the rural
community of Saylorsburg.
>From Saylorsburg, Gulen worked to transform the secular government of
Turkey into an Islamic Republic under the Justice and Democratic Party
(Adalet ve Kalkinma, AKP)- - a party under the Gulen's control.
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.,
is the author of The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America and the
Western World, The Al Qaeda Connection, and other best-selling books.
He is a frequent guest on such national news networks as ABC
News, CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR. Visit his website at
http://thelastcrusade.org/.
From: A. Papazian