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| Josh Shapiro awards $5 MILLION grant to Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in Philadelphia to expand school, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim group |
| 2025-04-08 |
| [THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has awarded Philadelphia's al-Aqsa Islamic Society a $5 million grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, marking the largest grant under the program awarded to a Moslem organization to date. According to WHYY, Shapiro announced the grant at an iftar dinner on March 25 at the organization, telling a few dozen community members that organizations such as al-Aqsa "are more important than ever before" as "we're facing tumult overseas, and we're facing a lot of rising hate here at home." Shapiro said, "So I'm really proud that we've been able to work together with your leaders here to invest $5 million in making this place an even greater center of activity in the community." Chairman of the board of al-Aqsa Islamic Society Asif Hussain said that one goal for the funds is to expand the center's school. The group is looking to add classrooms and teachers to meet local demand, and increase attendance from 300 to 3,000. Hussain said, "The idea is to have an academic center of excellence at school. We have a school that's K-12. It is very, very small and we have more candidates and more students than we have classrooms. So the idea would be to expand the facility and actually develop it into a full-fledged academic program." Al-Aqsa Academy was established in 1996 and is a private Islamic day and weekend school that blends the standards kindergarten through 12th-grade curriculum with Koran classes, Islamic studies, and Arabic language coursework. Related: Josh Shapiro 04/05/2025 PA Gov. Shapiro: Trump Campus Antisemitism Approach Is ''Chaotic'' and Undercutting Rights Josh Shapiro 12/19/2024 Biden Seals His Legacy As Worst President In History Josh Shapiro 11/19/2024 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tells Democrats to Stop the Steal |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Mohammedanism's a race! I confess, to my shame and disgrace, That I thought it was not, But, alas, I got caught, And my camel is now in last place. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2025-04-08 17:55 |
| #5 "Private schools for Muzz, but not for youse." |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2025-04-08 17:47 |
| #4 Odd that Shaparo funds private schools. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2025-04-08 11:53 |
| #3 Seize it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-08 08:46 |
| #2 Another dumb kike who thinks Muslim appetites can be moderated by appeasement - Israel is full of mental cases like this. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-04-08 02:27 |
| #1 If the voters in Pennsylvania aren't aware of this, they should be made aware of it. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-04-08 00:12 |