| Muslim Panel: Many Distrust Legal System
By GABRIELLE BIRKNER
Many New York Muslims are deeply distrustful of the American legal system, three local Muslim leaders said at a panel discussion yesterday in Brooklyn. During the hour-long event, sponsored jointly by the Kings County Courts Community Outreach… A Madrassa Grows In Brooklyn
By DANIEL PIPES
Come September, an Arabic-language public secondary school is slated to open its doors in Brooklyn. The New York City Department of Education says the Khalil Gibran International Academy, serving grades six through 12, will boast a “multicultural… Where Radical Politics And Education Intersect
By ANDREW WOLF
It came as no surprise to Sol Stern of the Manhattan Institute that a class of New York City public high school pupils took a spring break jaunt to communist Cuba. “Sure, they do it every year,” Mr. Stern told me. He sees this as part of something… Out of Many, One
By ANDREW WOLF
When the founding fathers chose the Latin phrase E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one — as the national motto, an event that took place concurrent with the 13 colonies declaring their independence, the intent was to dramatize the reality that these 13… ‘Screaming and Crying’ Greet Arab School Plan
By SARAH GARLAND
Park Slope parents are up in arms over a Department of Education proposal to insert a new small school focusing on Arabic language and culture inside the same building as their children’s elementary school. Department officials faced what is becoming… New Brooklyn School To Offer Middle East Studies
By SARAH GARLAND
A new public secondary school that is to include Middle Eastern studies in its curriculum will focus on culture, not the region’s political conflicts, Department of Education officials said yesterday. “The school will not be a vehicle for political…
The Real Arab School Fear
By DANIEL PIPES
A question mark hangs over the opening of New York City’s planned Arabic-language school, the Khalil Gibran International Academy. That the topic remains open is surprising. Other than objections from a few of us — The New York Sun’s editorialists,… Klein Relieves Some Critics’ Concerns About Arab School
By ELIZABETH WEISS GREEN
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday indicated that the Department of Education would monitor funding and curriculum at the Arabic language and culture middle school set to open this September near downtown Brooklyn. The Khalil Gibran Academy,… Parents Voice Distrust Of Arab School Promises
By MATTHEW CHAYES
Parents of children who attend two Boerum Hill schools, which the city has proposed share space with a new Arabic culture public school, told officials last night that they don’t trust the Department of Education to keep its promises to improve the… Arab School To Face Scrutiny At Emergency Parent Meeting
By SARAH GARLAND
The Arabic theme of a new public school may be a point of contention at an emergency parent meeting called tonight at the Brooklyn high school slated to house the new school. The Khalil Gibran International Academy, which is named after a Lebanese… Brooklyn Arabic School
New York Sun Editorial
Backers of the proposed Khalil Gibran International Academy are insisting that their plan for a middle school that would teach Arabic is still alive, even though the department of education has decided against situating the school at PS 282 in Park… Madrassa Plan Is Monstrosity
By ALICIA COLON
When I met him a while ago in The New York Sun’s offices, Chancellor Joel Klein seemed to be in command of his senses. And Mayor Bloomberg did not become a successful billionaire without having some smarts. So whose insane idea was it to have an… | 
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