Thursday, February 19, 2009

Pennsylvania: Muslim students intimidate Jewish classmates, but attempts to take action lead only to calls for "education" and "dialogue"

In any event, the ban on kaffiyeh headscarves came as "an attempt to diffuse tension between Jewish and Muslim students, after three students wore shirts to school saying 'RIP Israel'."

The men in the picture above are wearing kaffiyehs. You can see what they are used for. They are the symbol of jihad and Jew hating.

Wearing the scarves was politically motivated, and designed to intimidate. But no, those scarf-bereft students are the real victims here. Victims of bitter headscarf-phobes clinging to guns and religion. "Pennsylvania High School Rescinds Ban on Muslim Scarves," by Diane Macedo for Fox News, February 18:

A Pennsylvania high school is permitting Muslim students to wear scarves known as kaffiyehs in school just a day after ordering two students to remove them for class.

Gateway High School officials met with parents Wednesday after seniors Mohammad Al-Abbasi, 18, and Ahmad Al-Sadr, 17, left school Tuesday after refusing to take off the checkered scarves, believed by some to be a symbol of terrorism.

District spokeswoman Cara Zanella told FOXNews.com the ban was an attempt to diffuse tension between Jewish and Muslim students, after three students wore shirts to school saying "RIP Israel."

The students removed the shirts when ordered to do so but the incident led to a petition from Jewish students saying they felt threatened, Zanella said.

A student then wrote an article in one of the local newspapers about Muslim dress, reportedly caling the scarves "hate" clothing.

"As a result then the tensions started to escalate between the two factions," Zanella said. "So the principal went back to the students and said, 'We're trying to get everyone on the same page here. Could you agree not to wear the scarves for the time being because the tensions are escalating?'"

The students agreed and complied until the incident Tuesday.

In response the principal gathered the students in question Wednesday along with parents, school officials and a number of faith based organizations to find a resolution to the matter.

"It was agreed upon today in the meeting that the students would be allowed to wear the scarves," Zanella said. "They also wanted the students to speak in a group session with one another — the 35 Jewish students that signed the letter to the principal, the students who were wearing the scarves, and the student that did the article."

"I think everyone there recognized there's some tensions in the school and also amongst the community,” Al-Abbas’s mother Loretta Riggs told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. “We recognize the need for further education and further dialogue. We were very happy that the school district acknowledged this. They're willing to hold such future dialogues."

So, arab students wear hateful tshirts and are told to take them off. They then come back with the headscarves that are even worst. The pricipal gets everyone together and now everyone is happy. Sure. They were definately trying to intimidate the Jewish kids. We need to keep muslims from coming to this country and deport the ones already here.

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