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Unlike some have said, instances like this give more reason for a competitive market place of schools, allowing parents to choose where they want their children to grow. You have to wonder if the local Islamic cleric influenced parents to send their children to places like these, or if it was their own extremist beliefs that influenced their decision.

If parents are at all concerned about the quality and content of their children’s education, and want them to be successful in their endeavors while living in our country, a better option would surely pull most away from troublesome schools like these. The real question here is whether or not the alternatives in their area are any better in terms of education quality and content. Do any of them support a radical (peace-loving) Islamic faith-based curriculum? Plenty of christian parents send their children to christian faith-based school for either the curriculum, quality of education, or both. I’m not saying such school are always inherently better at educating children, but they show that religious school have a long track record of positives.

The issue here is in the nature of traditional Islamic faith and its incompatibility with the American way of life. Its intolerance of non-muslims with a focus on violent conversion as a prominent means of action is not something that americans can tolerate, or any democracy for that matter. The radical muslims have found a faith that preaches peace and could most likely do a far better job educating children. When you get down to the grit, the people running these traditional islamic schools are more concerned at recruiting soldiers for their jihad and less concerned about teaching children knowledge they will need to live in the real world. Without a strong passion to do the latter, most any school will be judged as wanting.