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Islamic civil rights group asks school to drop tea party speaker
LITTLE FALLS -- An Islamic civil rights group is calling for the Little Falls school district to not host a speaking event with a woman who they call an anti-Muslim speaker.
Brigitte Gabriel is scheduled to speak Monday at Little
Falls Community High School at a Central Minnesota Tea Party
event. Gabriel is a member of ACT! for America.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American Islamic
Relations issued a press release asking the school district to
consider the negative impact Gabriel will have on the students.
"By allowing the school to host this event, the perception
is that the school is endorsing hate speech and anti-Muslim
views," said CAIR-MN Executive Director Lori Saroya in a news
release. "This perception could have a negative impact on the
learning environment for Muslim students."
Messages left with Little Falls school district
Superintendent Stephen Jones and the Central Minnesota Tea Party
Patriots, which is sponsoring the event, were not immediately
returned Wednesday.
Hosting an anti-Muslim speaker would also violate the
district's harassment and violence policy, Saroya said. The
policy seeks "to maintain learning and working environment that
is free from harassment and violence on the basis of...
religion."
Saroya said the speech would also contradict the school
district's policy on religion, which states: "The school
district shall neither promote nor disparage any religious
beliefs or nonbeliefs."
Gabriel has said that an American Muslim cannot be a loyal
citizen and that Islam is the real enemy, according to CAIR-MN.
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