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Be A Two-Way Street
Behind closed doors with no pub-
lic bidding, a deal was made by
Farmington Public Schools Board of
Education and the Islamic Cultural
Association of Franklin for the pur-
chase of a school in a mostly Jewish
residential area.
It is clear that this "center" has no
significant Muslim neighborhood
community to support it and must
have been planned to draw large
Muslim population to the area. To
underscore this intention, a group of
Islamic women wearing nikab were
present at the school board meeting.
Nikab is a black dress that allows only
a small window for the eyes in con-
trast to hijab, which covers the head
but not the face.
Basically, Islam has no "cultural"
centers. They have mosques and rabat.
In Islam, every structure is linked to
faith and rituals and has a precise
function and character. A mosque is
a one-story gallery built around an
atrium pointing to Mecca and one or
two minarets. In Hamtramck, Islamic
calls for prayer start at 6 a.m. with
loud speakers all over.
A rabat is a point of contact at the
heart of infidel territory. It consists of
an area for prayer, a section to eat and
rest and facilities to indoctrinate and
prepare for future Islamic conquests.
Those conquests these days do not
require a war, rather the use of exist-
ing democratic rules of the infidels,
such as ADL and JCRC, who put the
interests of the Muslims before the
interest of Jews whom they were sup-
posed to "protect:'
The intent of Islam is not a secret.
Muslims are entitled to their views,
but the "infidels" of ADL and JCRC
must understand that tikkun olam
(repair of the world) is a two-way
street. Muslims who do not give any
rights to Jews do not deserve Jewish
support.
The ADL, JCRC and boards of edu-
cation should understand the needs of
the community that supports them.
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Eagle's Rushed Sale
Raises Questions
In the midst of painful consolidation
and teacher layoffs, it's a mystery that
Farmington Public Schools wouldn't
ease its financial distress by publicly
listing and aggressively marketing
Eagle Elementary for top dollar. The
school board did not publicly disclose
months-long secret negotiations with
the Islamic Cultural Center. Indeed,
FPS turned away interested real estate
brokers/developers, responding that
Eagle was not for sale. Why did the
FPS protect the "unsolicited" bid
from the ICC to the exclusion of other
potential offers?
As real estate lawyer Bradley Scobel
said at the board meeting: "What the
issue here is about is maximizing the
benefit and the value of this property
for the district ... It is irresponsible to
simply ignore the other interest that's
been expressed in this property"
FPS refused to disclose information
regarding a sole appraisal of Eagle.
Eagle is a very attractively situated
parcel that could support a number
of uses. Where are the studies and
economic projections sound busi-
ness practice dictates? When seeking
to maximize value, and especially as
guardians of the public trust, you don't
just look to one-time inflow. You need
to project out to realize optimal yield
and make sure you've done tax and
revenue stream analyses to compare
short-term and long-term revenue
flow to the district and impacted
municipality.
In foreclosing all other options and
rushing through this backroom sale of
Eagle Elementary, FPS demonstrated
dereliction of duty and undercut long-
term value to the homeowners and
taxpayers of the district.
Robert Stulberq
Farmington Hills
Hebrew Memorial Park
Continues Good Work
I was a bit concerned when reading
your 'take' on the cemetery issues in
our city ("Resting In Peace?" June 9).
The article appears to suggest that all
of Detroit's older cemeteries are expe-
riencing problems, including Hebrew
Memorial Park.
Thank God, this is not the case.
Hebrew Memorial Park is both well
vested and fiscally sound. Thanks to
our financial health, we were able to
step in and rescue several orphaned
cemeteries, including Workmen's
Circle, the cemetery mentioned in your
article. Since taking over Workmen's
Circle six years ago, we've made many
significant improvements and our
good work continues.
Still, the future of Detroit's finan-
cially troubled cemeteries is a prob-
lem that faces all of us in the Jewish
community. Hebrew Memorial has
provided generations of assistance
to our city's underprivileged, and we
remain committed to assisting with
caretaking responsibilities whenever
and wherever our services are needed.
But, we can't do it without the help of
noble individuals who understand our
mission and share our goals.
With that in mind, I'm proud to
announce that we just received our
largest donation in recent years — a
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