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Thursday, 5 May 2011 The USDOJ Intervenes in Murfreesboro with "Sensitivity' Training due to alleged "Muslim Bullying" in Schools by Jerry Gordon http://www.newenglishreview.org/images/clear.gif A tip of the chapeau to Sue Redmond of PARC for bringing this to our attention. The heavy hand of Attorney General Eric Holder is apparent in so-called 'sensitivity training" for teachers in the Murfreesboro, Tennessee School District. All because of alleged complaints of bullying of Muslim students brought by the leadership of the controversial Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (ICM) in furtherance of their thinly disguised campaign to paint the Middle Tennessee community as 'racist and bigoted.' <http://www.wsmv.com/news/27777224/detail.html> Watch this Channel 4 Nashville WSMV report and note the allegations by ICM and Islamic Center of Nashville leaders that prompted the USDOJ intervention. Islamic Center of Murfreesboro member Saleh Sbenaty said two of his three children have been victims of bullying in school. "My son, you know, one time was called a terrorist, and my daughter was also called a communist," Sbenaty said. There are 300-350 Muslim students attending Murfreesboro city schools and Rutherford County schools, but only a handful have reported being bullied. "We are estimating about 15 cases," said Sbenaty. Murfreesboro City Schools Director Linda Gilbert said bullying of Muslim students is not a big problem. "No, we are really taking this as a proactive stance, so we are using it for prevention and really to gain knowledge," said Gilbert. That's one of the reasons the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. attorney's office held a sensitivity training workshop. The controversy and backlash surrounding a proposed mosque is another reason. "Our children ... are the innocent, are victims of attacks both verbal and physical," said Lobna Ismail of Connecting Cultures. The cultural awareness training was developed by Connecting Cultures <http://www.connecting-cultures.net/%20-> and the Unity Productions Foundation <http://www.upf.tv/> . Teachers, principals, community leaders and police learned about stereotypes of American Muslims. "It's miscommunication or misunderstanding of another culture," said Hanan Kuzit of the Islamic Center of Nashville. Islamic center leaders said there was not a big problem with bullying two years ago. It wasn't until they decided to build a new mosque that the isolated cases started to happen, they said. "We thank both the school systems because they are doing such a good job," Sbenaty said. "We feel these are isolated incidents, but bullying and harassment in schools are unacceptable at any level." Go to www.upf.tv <http://www.upf.tv/> to find out more about understanding Muslim diversity, policy and security implications. To us it looks like contrived hysteria to keep the pot boiling on media attention. Meanwhile, the ICM site remains devoid of any construction; given the site has completed preparation. Moreover, as we have posted <http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/33744#CurDomainURL > , the suit brought against Rutherford County has been bolstered by addition of 14 new plaintiffs, neighbors at the ICM project, who object to invasion of their First Amendment Rights because of monitoring devices placed on the job site. This is not the first time that the USDOJ has intervened in support of the ICM. See our <http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/73312/sec_id/73312> NER article on the filing of an amicus brief during the controversial Murfreesboro Chancery Court Hearings on the approvals of the ICM by the Rutherford County Planning Commission last September and the still unresolved arson of construction equipment at the ICM construction site on Bradyville Pike involving the FBI and bureau of alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the US Treasury. Not lost on us is all of this hysteria by local Muslims follows the Soledad O'Brien CNN documentary: "Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door" in March, 2011 that we criticized for being <http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/33448> "biased and too sympathetic." Now we know as reflected in this latest incident involving 'sensitivity training' that when Muslims complain, the USDOJ under AG Holder immediately jumps in without much prompting. We'd call this obsessive political correctness and worse: official enforcement of dhimmitude in America by our government. Tags: Murfreesboro <http://technorati.com/tag/Murfreesboro> , Rutherford County <http://technorati.com/tag/+Rutherford+County> , USDOJ sponsored 'sensitivity training' <http://technorati.com/tag/+USDOJ+sponsored+%27sensitivity+training%27> , Muslim student 'bullying <http://technorati.com/tag/+Muslim+student+%27bullying> ", Channel Four Nashville WSMV Islamic Center of Murfreesboro controversy <http://technorati.com/tag/+Channel+Four+Nashville+WSMV+Islamic+Center+of+Mu rfreesboro+controversy> http://www.newenglishreview.org/images/clear.gif Submit Your Comment <http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_comment.cfm/blog_id/34383> Posted on 05/05/2011 6:07 AM by Jerry Gordon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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