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Stealth Islamist Charter Schools Under Investigation | Islam in America Right Side News

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Stealth Islamist Charter Schools Under Investigation

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The charter school movement associated with Turkish Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen is under federal investigation.

If one believes that the battle for the nation’s soul is occurring, not just in Washington, D.C., but in schools across the nation, the steady advance of Turkish-Gulen Charter Schools may be cause for alarm. Fethullah Gulen is a Turkish Islamic cleric who fled his native country in 1998, after being charged with seeking to overthrow the secular Turkish government. He currently lives in exile at a 28-acre mountain complex in the Pocono Mountains, with more than $25 billion of assets at his command.
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rns_school_01The 135 charter schools associated with the Gulen Movement (GM) enroll more than 45,000 students andcomprise the largest charter school network in the United States — all of which are fully funded by American taxpayers. Fethullah Gulen has been underinvestigation by the government since 2011.
That investigation, carried out by FBI and the Departments of Labor and Education, is centere