A Taxpayer Funded Islamic Madrassa

Your Minnesota tax dollars at work:

A substitute teacher in Minnesota says a taxpayer-funded charter school features adult-led prayers, Islamic studies and requires teachers to escort students to the restroom for what is called "ritual washing."

The Star Tribune newspaper reports teacher Amanda Getz contends students at the Tarek Ibn Ziyad Academy in Inver Grove Heights are required to attend prayers — and stay after school some days for Islamic teaching.

Federal guidelines prohibit teachers from participating in prayers with students, and the favoring of one religion over another. The State Department of Education says it inspects the school regularly and does not consider it a religious institution. But records show just three inspection visits to the campus in five years. The American Civil Liberties Union has launched an investigation of the school, and the state education department also has begun a review.

So, where are the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion folks? If this was a Christian school they'd be all over it (but of course, Christians won't cut off your head if you oppose them).