Metro charter school accused of teaching Islam
By Nicole Muehlhausen, Web Producer
A Star Tribune newspaper column has prompted a state investigation into a charter school. A substitute teacher said a school in Inver Grove Heights is blurring the line of separation of church and state.
Being a charter school http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3739. The teacher told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the presence of religion she observed at the school took her by surprise.
TIZA Executive Director Azad Zaman insisted the school follows with state and federal laws.
“TIZA does not endorse any religion,” he said.
However, TIZA Academy is sponsored by Islamic Relief USA, based in California.
The questions came after http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4139 Amanda Getz taught at TIZA last month and told the Star Tribune about things she observed that day that shocked her.”I’ve been in a lot of schools and I’ve never been in a school where they had prayer, or where they had a room where you had to take your shoes off,” Getz said.
“It is most likely that this substitute teacher was sadly mistaken,” said Zaman.
He said the school follows state and federal guidelines when it comes to religion.
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