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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does this have to do with her religion and her national origin?[/quote]

I'm a Sunni Muslim, and her religion is relevant for me because she's used it as a cudgel in her previous anti-Islam writings. She is a bad faith actor and does not represent us.[/quote]

Who cares what you think?  Her status as a muslim or your acceptance thereof is of no consequence here.  She's as much a citizen of the state as you are AND is a member of the TJ PTA AND a VA taxpayer.  Atif Qarni as a servant of the people has no right to block her from attending that meeting. Period. [/quote]

DP.  I'm going to hit the reset button and ask that you accurately describe exactly what Asra is being "prevented" from doing?  It's not like she hasn't been broadcasting her views on TJ for a long time.  If the Secretary is having a meeting to solicit some fresh views, there's no reason to think she should be an invited speaker.

If it's a question about attending a meeting subject to open meeting laws, I don't know how she could be banned from attending unless she was affirmatively disruptive, in which case she could be removed. [/quote]

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/09/10/pta-clashes-with-education-secretary-on_ap.html

Parents at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology are fighting efforts from Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni, who organized a task force to evaluate diversity issues at TJ and 18 other magnet schools in Virginia designated as “Governor's Schools.”

The PTA says Qarni falsely accused one of its members, Asra Nomani, of being part of an anti-Muslim hate group after she published a column criticizing efforts to overhaul the process. Qarni has barred the school's PTA from a participatory role in an upcoming “listening session” on the admissions issue.

...TJ's PTA surveyed its members, and they overwhelmingly support keeping the current admissions system. The PTA says the diversity problem should be fixed by [b]better preparing and supporting Black and Hispanic students in grade school.[/b]

The bolded is the only reasonable solution to the problem.  But it's not flashy and not quick enough for Mr. Qarni - who apparently is allergic to outspoken Muslim women.

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