Muslim advocacy group files complaint with Lewiston School Department

First, CAIR is following our laws and our Constitution. Second, Christians have never faced discrimination in public schools since organized, state sponsored pray was removed. Third, obviously a problem exists between the super and the parents. Various court decisions require that governmental organizations make reasonable accommodations to allow people to exercise their Constitutional rights. Lastly, its not a question of Muslims becoming Americans. Its a question of Americans changing to accept new Americans and new Americans learning to live among us.
The racism, religious intolerance, and dowright bigotry in these comments unfortunately doesn't amaze, but it will give Lewiston a bad name.
Jon Albrecht Dixfield

I know!!! Lets have a vote on it!!!! More politiking, ads, discussions, phone calls, articles, accusations, and finger pointing!!!

I agree with eagle's post stating that Islam, ( the muslim religion), and being a
law abiding, peaceful, contributing, citizen of the United States are just not compatible.

Bob is 100% right about CAIR. Buy The Book, it just came out and Congress and the Senate are FLIPPING OUT about everything in it!!!!!!
They are being investigated as we speak. There has been LOTs of fraud discovered.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=116380
Lawmakers ask IRS to investigate CAIR

November 17, 2009

By Art Moore

Prompted by evidence in a new book, a senator and five Congress members are urging the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations to determine whether the controversial Muslim group's lobbying activities on Capitol Hill violate its nonprofit status.

The letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman is signed by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and members of the House antiterrorism caucus, Reps. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., John Shadegg, R-Ariz., Trent Franks, R-Ariz., Paul Broun, R-Ga., and Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.

The Washington, D.C.-based CAIR – which had its relationship with the FBI cut off this year after being named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-finance case in U.S. history – has been under increased scrutiny since the release of "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America," a WND Books publication by former Air Force special agent P. David Gaubatz and "Infiltration" author Paul Sperry. The authors present firsthand evidence CAIR is acting as a front for a well-funded conspiracy of the Muslim Brotherhood – the parent of al-Qaida and Hamas – to infiltrate the U.S. and help pave the way for Saudi-style Islamic law to rule the nation.

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The letter, also addressed to the House clerk, Senate secretary and Senate superintendent of records, points to evidence uncovered in "Muslim Mafia" that CAIR may be in violation of both the anti-excessive-lobbying provision of its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by failing to register with Congress as a federal lobbying organization.

As CAIR's own website states, the group's Governmental Affairs Department "conducts and organizes lobbying efforts on issues related to Islam and Muslims."

CAIR says its department is "active in monitoring legislation and government activities and then, responding on behalf of the American Muslim community. CAIR representatives have testified before Congress and have sponsored a number of activities designed to bring Muslim concerns to Capitol Hill."

As WND reported last month, Myrick, Shadegg, Franks and Broun formally asked the House sergeant at arms to investigate evidence from "Muslim Mafia" that CAIR is conspiring to plant "spies" inside Congress targeting sensitive security-related committees. In another letter, to Attorney General Eric Holder, the House members ask the Justice Department to reveal to Congress members why CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-finance case in U.S. history.

"Muslim Mafia" points out CAIR, as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, is severely restricted from lobbying and expressly prohibited from political campaigning.

By law, the book points out, CAIR must notify the IRS of any intent to lobby by filing a special form.

A 501(c)(3) organization "will lose its tax-exempt status and its qualification to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions if a substantial part of its activities are carried on to influence legislation," the IRS states in Form 5768.

Internal documentation and press releases obtained by "Muslim Mafia" authors suggest a substantial portion of CAIR's operations involve lobbying operations.

In its effort to repeal the Patriot Act antiterrorism law in 2005, for example, CAIR made 72 trips to Congress, according to internal documents. "Muslim Mafia" notes Congress met just 150 days that year.

CAIR also spends $25,000 a year to organize a national "lobby day on the Hill" in which its members nationwide come to Washington – armed with CAIR talking points on a single issue – to meeting with their representatives.

CAIR, which calls its governmental affairs department a "lobbying office," also has created databases to streamline its lobbying efforts, including one to automatically alert staffers on Capitol Hill about its policy issues.

IRS statutes also forbid CAIR from supporting or opposing anyone running for office, but CAIR has held political fundraisers benefiting Muslim U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and other Democrats. The group also has used its resources to get out the vote for Ellison and Democrats in tight races.

In 2004, CAIR bused Muslim voters from mosques to polls to support Democrats in key Florida counties.

The IRS also prohibits CAIR from inviting Democrats to speak at its forums without extending formal invitations to Republicans. But with the exception of GOP Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, "Muslim Mafia" says, CAIR mostly has vilified Republicans rather than reach out to them.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is suing "Muslim Mafia" co-author P. David Gaubatz and his son Chris over the evidentiary documents they obtained during Chris' six-month undercover penetration of the organization, which both the FBI and Justice Department have branded as a terror co-conspirator. As a result of revelations in "Muslim Mafia," the bipartisan Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus is calling for new, wide-ranging federal probes of CAIR. In the meantime, however, someone has to defend these two courageous investigators who have, at great personal risk, revealed so much about this dangerous group. WND has stepped up to the plate, procured the best First Amendment attorneys in the country and is paying for the Gaubatzes' defense – but we can't do it without your help. Please donate to WND's Legal Defense Fund now. Thank you.

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She's rolling over in her grave.

Americans United is an organization to help with this problem. www.au.org
We need to contact them (I have) To put a stop to it! Don't be reactive, be proactive.
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Church & State Violation Examples:
1. An organization uses a government grant for religious activity.
2. A public school event includes prayer or a public school teaches creationism or intelligent design.
3. The government displays a religious symbol or text on public property.
4. Prayers are recited before or after public meetings, that contain language or symbols specific to one religion.
5. The government funds religious hospitals that refuse to provide certain kinds of reproductive health care services for religious reasons.

Government funding of religious schools or religious social service providers
6. The government provides grants or other aid to religious educational institutions or “faith-based” social service providers. Such funding is particularly constitutionally troublesome if:

7. government aid is actually used for religious instruction or activity; or
direct cash aid is given to a pervasively religious institution or program; or
the aid recipient discriminates in employment based on religion with respect to publicly-funded positions; or
the aid recipient coerces service recipients to submit to religious proselytization or take part in religious worship; or
only religious organizations are eligible for funding under the aid program.

Religious activity in the public schools
The government promotes or sponsors prayer or other religious activity in the public schools. Examples include:

8. prayer at school-sponsored events such as graduations, assemblies, and football games;
9. prayer at the beginning of the school day;
10. religious presentations by teachers or outside groups during the school day;
11. distribution of the Bible or other religious literature in school;
Bible-study courses;
12. teaching of creationism in science classes.

Theyare NOT SPECIAL and should follow OUR LAWS and CUSTOMS or LEAVE!

We have a CONSTITUTION to follow.
The phrase "separation of church and state" is derived from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to a group identifying themselves as the Danbury Baptists. In that letter, referencing the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Jefferson writes:

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.[29]

The school officials said that all students can pray quietly in school (which is true, any student could technically pray by themselves at their desk or in the library if they wanted).
Please send your emails of support to the Lewiston school and ask that they NOT allow special treatment for Muslims. If they have a prayer room, that would be like having a church on school property. That is okay at a college where kids are adults and can make up their own mind but placing such things in schools for little children can manipulate them. In my opinion, they are trying to evangelize and bring Islam to our children.

HEre is the email for the superintendent:
superintendent@lewistonpublicschools.org

I really have doubts that any child, whether they are Muslim or not, truly stand and say prayers at school. I'm sure they would be extremely self-conscious if that were the case.

Christians have been discriminated against for years at public schools so this is nothing new. If the Muslim students get free reign for their religious needs then freedom for Christians should also prevail (that means Christian groups, Bible study, etc. on school property).

Not All Muslims agree with these extremists. My wife is Muslim and thinks this is nuts. They dont have to stop and pray as often as they say they do. The Koran has exceptions for work time and school.

Why should there be exceptions for the Muslims when there aren't for any of the other religions. No longer allowed to celebrate anything with a religious theme but I am sure that times being what they are, the Muslims will get their way and the rest of us will be restricted. What a way to go America. And they wonder why people in this country are watching FOX more and more.

Being a past student of the Lewiston School system I can't believe this waste of time and effort either on a frivolous lawsuit. Hello you are now in America so adapt to the way of life or go back to your homeland if you do not like it. Its a choice you can make. Comes down to preferential treatment why should any religion get this I think not from the majority. Yes its time to take a stand and lets treat all as equal.

Norm thinks that as Americans, we had the rights to religious freedoms at one time but now, because of Atheists, not Muslims, we can no longer pray in school or where we want to.

When I was in school all students said the Christian's Lord's prayerbefore the Pledge of Alligiance. My Jewish friends would pray silently as we are a bigotted, racist nation and always have been. Non-Christian Americans are still being killed in our armed forces officer training colleges [Constatine's Sword].

If you racial bigots picked up a college grade Maine history book [can not find it to cite source as I just moved] you will find that the Ku Kux Klan was started in Maine before it reached statehood and before there were any black people here!

That's my story and I am sticking to it!

I must agree with and congratulate the following three especially for saying it like it is: Concernredinpineetree, Jami, and Bumble. Unfortunately the Muslim population will have to accept the unfortunate fact that in this country we are all treated alike. If they want special rules, such as allowing prayer in school, they will have to provide their own schools as the Catholic and Christian denominations do. If they want to pray at work, work for a company that allows it.

To our School administrators, congratulation for standing up to this special interest group; especially to the one who terminated the phone conversation. To our politicians, stand up for America.

Certainly these people left their homelands for a reason; they came here of their own free will and must live according to our laws and customs.

The school has no problem with students praying privately so long as they do not disturb or endanger others in doing so. If the young lady sat at a desk or table and prayed quietly or silently I am sure nothing would have been said. Where the problem lies is in here kneeling in a hallway. You are not allowed so sit or kneel or place objects on the floor or in any other way obstruct the hallway. If a fire alarm were pulled or if some in attentive passerby tripped over this girl there would be all kinds of trouble. If pne of them were injured the lawsuits would be flying in all likelihood but either way someone would have been injured needlessly. Would this girl kneel and pray in the middle of Center Street? Freedom of religion is a great thing, but common sense is even better. Let the girl sit at a desk or table in their normal location and say all the prayers she wants quietly or silently with out disturbing others or putting her self or others at risk of accidental injury.

queen bee you make me sick, go ahead let them pray and just see what can of worms that will open up. They tried that with their jobs( the few that did work) and their jobs told them you pray on your own time, same should go here.... when our kids can't even say celebrate Christmas, Halloween , or almost ANY holiday because of them, get your facts striaght before you go saying simple words out here. get a life.

Why the heck do they think they should have special rights?

Hey bee, it's not the the poor, down trodden Muslim kids that are being bullied and put into corners. And it's not the children of the alleged haters that are forming packs of 4 or 5, going into stores like Blockbusters, and ripping them off for their DVDS. Nor is it the children of the "haters" that are trashing kids behind the schools and at Kennedy Parks.
You feel sorry for the down trodden? Drive down Ash St after the Middle School lets out and watch the down trodden as they strut down the street, holding up traffic and glaring at you as you wait for them to cross.
Yea, I shed tears for them every day.........

Maureen Lachappelle and Leon Levesque have gone to great lengths to provide a quality educational experience to the students of all faiths and political systems. Do some research on C.A.I.R. and learn about their agenda. It isn't pretty.

Honeybee, it is easy to hide behind a moniker and take shots at good people. We'll start to take you with more than a grain of salt when you post under your own name. Maureen is a professional, caring administrator who has dedicated her life to her students. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

All the best,

Bob