KGIA, NY PUBLIC SCHOOL MADRASSA: FoGC SAYS, "STOP USING GIBRAN'S NAME"

Now this is rich. Don't this beat all? THE SCHOOL MUST NOT OPEN. Why won't we fight for what we believe? Islam wins by default.

The use of Lebanese-American author poet Khalil Gibran is taqiya (Koranic instruction to deceive  in order to advance Islam) in its most perfect and vile form.

The Friends of Gibran Council Asks the New York City Department of Education To Cease Using Kahlil Gibran’s name for the Khalil Gibran International Academy

New York, NY - The Friends of Gibran Council (FoGC), concerned with the misuse of the great legacy of Lebanese-American author and poet Khalil Gibran, issues the following release.

The proposed Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA), based on information received to date by the FoGC, would not honor the legacy of a great poet, an artist who achieved greatness in the US as an emigrant fleeing Lebanon where his community has been suffering persecution in their ancestral home in Lebanon at the hands of religious powers.

Gibran’s ancestry was Lebanese, Christian and Maronite (Aramaic-Syriac). He has authored works in English and Arabic. Therefore, the claims of teaching Arabic under the name of Gibran ring hollow as he is not ethnically Arab although there are many great Arab poets. Gibran, although a great artist and poet and fluent in Arabic was not an Arab poet or painter. To analogize in a very basic manner, Americans speak English but are not English.

The founders of the KGIA could easily change the name of the school to honor a great Arabic writer or poet, of which there are many, if that is their true intent.

Gibran was a believer in the universality of human rights and the dignity of the individual. Therefore, the board of trustees of the KGIA should reflect Gibran’s values and ideals. Appointing radicals and Imams who have been associated with extremist and Jihadist groups is an affront to these ideals.

The teaching of Arabic in public schools is a laudable goal; many more American students should be proficient in this largely spoken language. However, in no way should the Arabic language and Islamism be mixed.

The great name of Kahlil Gibran is not owned by anyone. Until recently, no group or individual has taken advantage of this situation. To allow the KGIA to use his name now under clearly false pretenses would, in effect, rewrite history and would do grave harm to the students of NYC.

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UPDATE:Gibran's Legacy - August 29, 2007 - The New York Sun

Comments

[pastorius]

Being that Gibran was a Lebanese Christian, it has always been very hard for me to believe that he would have approved of this b.s.

I am glad to see his friends are standing up and speaking out.

I know Lebanese, and Iranian Christians. They like Islam less than you and I.

[Urban Infidel]

What a beautiful moment of truth.

[Josef K]

A glorious day for liberty!

Bar hakavod Pamela Geller!!!