Shaun Winkler, White Supremacist,
Running For County Sheriff
29 March 2012By Juan Cole
Shaun Winkler, running for Bonner County Sheriff a
bonafide ‘white supremacist' claims that if elected he
will not push his ‘white supremacist agenda.'
On the flimsiest of associations hatemongers pounce
on any Muslim even contemplating running for office.
They will go to great lengths to create and fabricate
guilt-by-association smears, trying to cast the said
Muslim as a ‘evil-scary-Islamizing-terrorist.' Spencer
in fact wants Muslims running for office to be
subjected to a ‘special test' to determine whether
they should be allowed to run or take office.
Where is their outrage here?
A white supremacist in northern Idaho wants to be
the next Bonner County sheriff, saying federal
overreach motivated him to run for the office.
Shaun Winkler of the White Knights of the KKK will
go up against incumbent Sheriff Daryl Wheeler and
Ponderay police officer Tim Fry in the Republican
primary on May 15. The winner of that contest will
face independent candidate Rocky Jordan in November.
But the 33-year-old says he's not running to push a
white supremacist agenda.
The Aryan Nations is long gone from northern Idaho,
but its reputation has lingered to the embarrassment
of locals.
Texas schools association
discriminates against Muslims as well as Jews
A Houston Islamic academy was denied membership to the
Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
after being grilled about the Koran and the mosque
located at Ground Zero.
Iman Academy applied for membership to TAPPS in 2010,
but the association denied the school's request. After
being rejected two years ago, Principal Cindy Steffens
did not go public with the story, but The New York
Times uncovered the Houston academy's name last week
and ran an article about the controversy.
TAPPS represents more than 220 private schools in the
state. The association drew national attention last
week after refusing to reschedule a basketball game
for a Jewish Orthodox day school Robert M. Beren
Academy in Houston, which could not play at the time
because the players observed the Sabbath. After the
parents threatened legal action, Beren was allowed to
play its semi-final game.
The Iman Academy received a questionnaire as part of
their application to apply for the TAPPS. Steffens
said the questionnaire had provocative and loaded
questions, including how the school addresses
Christmas. Among the questions sent to Iman Academy
and the other Islamic schools that applied were:
¦Historically, there is nothing in the Koran that
fully embraces Christianity or Judaism in the way a
Christian and/or a Jew understands his religion. Why,
then, are you interested in joining an association
whose basic beliefs your religion condemns?
¦It is our understanding that the Koran tells you not
to mix with (and even eliminate) the infidels.
Christians and Jews fall into that category. Why do
you wish to join an organization whose membership is
in disagreement with your beliefs?
¦How does your school address certain Christian
concepts? (i.e. celebrating Christmas)
¦Does your school teach that the Bible is corrupt?
When was the Bible allegedly polluted? Does the Koran
actually state that the Bible is polluted?
¦What is your attitude about the spread of Islam in
America? What are the goals of your school in this
regard?
In 2004, two other Islamic schools applied for
membership and received a response letter that they
perceived as hostile to their faith. They chose not to
answer the questions, but Iman Academy did.
School officials were invited to an interview before
the TAPPS board in November 2010, and Steffens said
one board member said he wanted to discuss the
"elephant in the room." She said the board asked
questions that seemed irrelevant to joining an
association to play sports, such as asking her opinion
about the mosque located near Ground Zero in New York
City.
Steffens said another board member told her, "I know
all Muslims are not terrorists, but all terrorists are
Muslims."
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