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Did KSTP go too far in covering TIZA flap?

By Andy Birkey | 05.20.08 | 1:45 pm

tiza.jpgDrama ensued Monday morning as Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy officials attempted to take cameras away from a reporting crew from KSTP that showed up to cover a report from the Minnesota Department of Education…

Education Department findings on Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy contradict published reports

By Andy Birkey | 05.20.08 | 7:00 am

The Minnesota Department of Education released findings in the review of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), the majority Muslim elementary school that became a target of conservative Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten. She claimed that TIZA…

Kersten column on Muslim school followed by threats, police patrols

By Andy Birkey | 04.16.08 | 11:21 am


Inver Grove Heights police are beefing up patrols at Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a charter school with majority Muslim population, after school officials there received threats. Those threats came days after Star…