Florida : Christian
School Fights Back, Files Suit Against Radical Islamic Group
Posted by master
on 2004/11/15 23:27:24
Following is a statement by William A. Mayer, spokesman for the
Kissimmee Christian Academy (KCA):
"The
Kissimmee Christian Academy (KCA) has been subjected to hostile acts of
religious intolerance in Osceola County Florida. This activity has
caused great harm to the operations of that school.
"Muslim-owned
conglomerate, Super Stop Petroleum, by its own actions and the actions
of its local agent, the Universal Heritage Foundation (UHF),
constructively and wrongfully evicted KCA from its school and has sued
the Academy and Pastor Lee Wasson, its director.
"Complainants have filed a counter-suit in this matter and are
considering amending the suit by adding a Civil Rights claim.
Representatives
of UHF claim that they are moderate and devout Muslims. Towards that
end, they have engaged in a broad public relations effort to convince
the unaware that they are interested in interfaith dialogue, outreach
to other religions and peaceful coexistence.
"To the contrary,
the actions directly taken by them against the Kissimmee Christian
Academy and their public statements reveal that UHF is populated by
some of the most radical Islamists in America. Many associated with the
Universal Heritage Foundation have a record of hate speech directed
against Christians, Jews and the government of the United States.
"The
Universal Heritage Foundation first made itself known to residents of
Kissimmee with a December 2003 inaugural conference, 'Islam for
Humanity,' which featured speakers who have called for 'death to
worshipers of the Cross,' refer to Jews as 'the scum of the earth' who
should be 'annihilated,' and demands the imposition of 'sharia' or
Islamic law in the United States.
"The conference turned into a fiasco when news of the radical nature of
the speakers became known outside the Muslim community."
Background information supporting this release is available at http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=wasson1%2Ehtm