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Here is the latest on the ongoing funny money business alleged with a Muslim charter school in Minneapolis. Now there appears to be a mosque connection. From the Star Tribune thanks to a friend from Tennessee.
State officials are examining whether public money has been improperly used to pay for Islamic mosques on charter school campuses in Blaine and Inver Grove Heights.
Chas Anderson, deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, said officials will study Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy’s (TiZA) use of state “lease aid” grants, which were created more than a decade ago to help charter schools rent adequate facilities.
“If it is subsidizing a mosque, in our view, that would be a violation of state and federal law,” Anderson said.
The probe is the latest in a series of church-vs.-state conflicts involving TiZA and several Islamic nonprofit organizations with ties to the charter school.
Anderson said the inquiry was sparked by a lawsuit filed against the school this year by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota, which claims taxpayer dollars paid to TiZA are unconstitutionally promoting religion.
There is more.
Readers, all of this investigation began with sleuthing from columnist Katherine Kersten. One woman! Here is another post I wrote on the subject last month.
In my previous post I said you all should become bloggers. I assure you there is no end to the fraud and abuse you can uncover with non-profit groups ripping off taxpayers.