Notable IB Alumnus - Al Quida Christmas
Terrorist
You won't read about this in the main stream media. Few
will ever connect the dots. IB supporters will rail at TAIB for even making this
public. But, facts are facts and you can make of this what you will:
will ever connect the dots. IB supporters will rail at TAIB for even making this
public. But, facts are facts and you can make of this what you will:
As a teen,
Abdulmutallab attended the British International School in Lome, Togo, a
Nigerian paper reported. There, he
quickly acquired a reputation as a devoted Muslim. "At the secondary school, he
was known for preaching about Islam to his schoolmates and he was popularly
called 'Alfa,' a local coinage for Islamic scholar," according to The
Day.
The British School in Lome,
Togo, has been a private IB academy since 1994. IBO's mission statement includes
the following: These programmes encourage students across the world to
become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other
people, with their differences, can also be
right.
2001: According to Michael Rimmer, his
history teacher at the British School, Abdulmutallab is a "very religious" boy
who once defends the Taliban during class discussion on the topic.
Religiousity aside, Rimmer characterizes Abdulmutallab as a "dream" student:
"Very keen, enthusiastic, very bright, very polite."
A polite terrorist.
Did the IB education Abdulmultallab received teach him that his defense of the
Taliban was "right"? Apparently so.
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/104560/Who_is_Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/27/2009-12-27_untitled__2london27m.html
http://www.ibo.org/school/000796/
All
of which begs the question:
Does IBO Condone
Terrorism?
In 2008, a
disturbing trend in the IB authorization process came to light. Two Islamic
academies, one in London, one in Fairfax, Virginia, were both authorized as IB
World Schools. Both schools are private and run by the Saudi Arabian
government.
The King Fahad Academy in London was written up in the UK
papers during the time it was pursuing IB authorization. According to the
timesonline.co.uk, the school was ordered by a tribunal to award a teacher it
had unfairly dismissed £70,000 for making public allegations that the school was
engaged in anti-Judeo Christian teaching. Extracts from an Arabic textbook
revealed that children were taught to believe that all religions other than
Islam were "worthless". The books in question referred to "the repugnant
characteristics of Jews" and stated, "Those whom God has cursed and with whom He
is angry, He has turned into
monkeys and pigs. They worship
Satan."
Apparently, this sort of news didn't enter into or in any way
affect the IB team's evaluation process of the school. The above story was
published on April 15, 2008, and in June, 2008, the King Fahad Academy became an
IB World School. One particularly upset and diligent London parent undertook a
letter writing
campaign to obtain an explanation from IBO as to how they
could justify authorizing a school where its teachings were so clearly contrary
to IB's mission statement. After many detailed e-mails which provided links to
the newspaper stories, she finally received a reply from the Director General
himself, Jeffrey Beard. In the letter, Mr. Beard stated that the King Fahad
Academy, "met and continues to meet all of our standards. The matters you raise
in your correspondence was [sic] not in evidence during the authorization visit
and appears to be unfounded."
To any rational and right minded thinker,
this response from the CEO of an educational company should set off all sorts of
alarm bells. Grammatical construct of the response aside, was there anything
involved in the
authorization visit besides rubber stamping the
authorization? According to Beard, the process is "rigorous". Were these
egregious teaching practices and news stories not "in evidence" because the IB
turned a blind eye? What kind of standards does IB have if this school met them?
During the same two year application period, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA)
here in the U.S. was making news of its own. The school had earned the nickname
"Terror High". In 2004, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for
first grade textbooks which taught that "any religion other than Islam is false"
to be removed. The school's 1999 Valedictorian was arrested in 2005 for plotting
to assassinate President George W. Bush, and he was just recently sentenced to
life in prison. Of course, the sentencing of the former ISA student was never
mentioned in the mainstream media. More recently, another ISA student was
arrested at a Florida airport for carrying a 7" butcher knife and the Principal
was arrested by Fairfax County Police for not reporting the abuse of a little
girl and for following Sharia law by turning her back over to her father. World
maps throughout the school conspicuously omit the country of Israel. Ninth grade
textbooks allegedly contained diagrams of where to properly cut off the hands
and feet of a thief. None of these arrests or the general atmosphere at the
school seemed to make any difference to IB which authorized the Islamic Saudi
Academy as an IB World School in December, 2008.
Togo, has been a private IB academy since 1994. IBO's mission statement includes
the following: These programmes encourage students across the world to
become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other
people, with their differences, can also be
right.
2001: According to Michael Rimmer, his
history teacher at the British School, Abdulmutallab is a "very religious" boy
who once defends the Taliban during class discussion on the topic.
Religiousity aside, Rimmer characterizes Abdulmutallab as a "dream" student:
"Very keen, enthusiastic, very bright, very polite."
A polite terrorist.
Did the IB education Abdulmultallab received teach him that his defense of the
Taliban was "right"? Apparently so.
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/104560/Who_is_Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/27/2009-12-27_untitled__2london27m.html
http://www.ibo.org/school/000796/
All
of which begs the question:
Does IBO Condone
Terrorism?
In 2008, a
disturbing trend in the IB authorization process came to light. Two Islamic
academies, one in London, one in Fairfax, Virginia, were both authorized as IB
World Schools. Both schools are private and run by the Saudi Arabian
government.
The King Fahad Academy in London was written up in the UK
papers during the time it was pursuing IB authorization. According to the
timesonline.co.uk, the school was ordered by a tribunal to award a teacher it
had unfairly dismissed £70,000 for making public allegations that the school was
engaged in anti-Judeo Christian teaching. Extracts from an Arabic textbook
revealed that children were taught to believe that all religions other than
Islam were "worthless". The books in question referred to "the repugnant
characteristics of Jews" and stated, "Those whom God has cursed and with whom He
is angry, He has turned into
monkeys and pigs. They worship
Satan."
Apparently, this sort of news didn't enter into or in any way
affect the IB team's evaluation process of the school. The above story was
published on April 15, 2008, and in June, 2008, the King Fahad Academy became an
IB World School. One particularly upset and diligent London parent undertook a
letter writing
campaign to obtain an explanation from IBO as to how they
could justify authorizing a school where its teachings were so clearly contrary
to IB's mission statement. After many detailed e-mails which provided links to
the newspaper stories, she finally received a reply from the Director General
himself, Jeffrey Beard. In the letter, Mr. Beard stated that the King Fahad
Academy, "met and continues to meet all of our standards. The matters you raise
in your correspondence was [sic] not in evidence during the authorization visit
and appears to be unfounded."
To any rational and right minded thinker,
this response from the CEO of an educational company should set off all sorts of
alarm bells. Grammatical construct of the response aside, was there anything
involved in the
authorization visit besides rubber stamping the
authorization? According to Beard, the process is "rigorous". Were these
egregious teaching practices and news stories not "in evidence" because the IB
turned a blind eye? What kind of standards does IB have if this school met them?
During the same two year application period, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA)
here in the U.S. was making news of its own. The school had earned the nickname
"Terror High". In 2004, the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for
first grade textbooks which taught that "any religion other than Islam is false"
to be removed. The school's 1999 Valedictorian was arrested in 2005 for plotting
to assassinate President George W. Bush, and he was just recently sentenced to
life in prison. Of course, the sentencing of the former ISA student was never
mentioned in the mainstream media. More recently, another ISA student was
arrested at a Florida airport for carrying a 7" butcher knife and the Principal
was arrested by Fairfax County Police for not reporting the abuse of a little
girl and for following Sharia law by turning her back over to her father. World
maps throughout the school conspicuously omit the country of Israel. Ninth grade
textbooks allegedly contained diagrams of where to properly cut off the hands
and feet of a thief. None of these arrests or the general atmosphere at the
school seemed to make any difference to IB which authorized the Islamic Saudi
Academy as an IB World School in December, 2008.
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