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The Islamic Academy of Alabama has withdrawn its request to the Hoover City Council to relocate to a building in Meadow Brook Office Park after a week of Islamophobic pushback from locals and U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville.<\/p>\n

The Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to recommend denial of the school\u2019s rezoning request, claiming that the recommendation decision is based on zoning issues rather the hateful rhetoric towards Muslims made by community members.<\/p>\n

The Academy released statement condemning Tuberville\u2019s comments, as well as comments made by State Representative Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City.<\/p>\n

Following the Hoover Planning and Zoning Committee\u2019s decision to deny IAA\u2019s relocation from Homewood to Hoover, Tuberville asserted in an interview about the school that Islam \u00a0\u201cpreaches hate\u201d and instructs to \u201ckill all infidels\u201d and \u201ckill all Christians.\u201d Butler echoed similar rhetoric claiming that people \u201cscreaming to kill the infidel\u201d or saying \u201cDeath to America\u201d have \u201cno place here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot one word of these allegations reflects the teachings, values, curriculum or culture of our school,\u201d said Stacy Abdein, the school\u2019s assistant principal. \u201cThey are irresponsible fabrications that fuel fear, prejudice and division. \u201cSuch rhetoric puts our students, some as young as 3 years old, at real and immediate risk. When public officials spread dangerous myths about innocent students and families, they embolden hostility and increase the likelihood of harassment or targeted threats, undermining the safety and well being of our entire school community.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cWe have never had a single incident which would justify the vile accusations made against us,\u201dAbdein said. \u201cOur school and its message is not new, the fear-mongering is. At the Islamic Academy of Alabama, we teach our students to love their neighbors, value diversity, uphold justice and contribute positively to society. IAA produces doctors, engineers, teachers, entrepreneurs, journalists, and responsible citizens who care for their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school has existed in the community for three decades, but Tuberville\u2014the frontrunner to be the next governor of Alabama\u2014said he would not allow Islamic schools in the state if elected.<\/p>\n

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The denial of the school\u2019s relocation is just the latest flashpoint in Tuberville\u2019s recent emphasis on Islam. Tuberville has repeatedly made comments in interviews and on social media in recent weeks decrying \u201csharia law\u201d and has introduced two bills attempting to prevent it from being enforced legally and making advocacy for sharia law grounds for deportation or denial of admission to the U.S.<\/p>\n

Tanveer Patel, a Muslim woman and Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Hoover City Council earlier this year, said there is \u201cno factual basis\u201d for Tuberville\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cSharia isn\u2019t a legal code, it\u2019s a moral compass, just like Christian ethics or the Ten Commandments,\u201d Patel said. \u2018Our community is peaceful, educated, and civically engaged. There is simply no factual basis for treating Muslims as a threat. Alabama is safer when we rely on facts, not fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of misunderstanding about Islam, especially when political leaders use words like \u2018sharia\u2019 to create fear. As Muslims, we understand sharia to simply mean the moral path, values like justice, charity, honesty, and compassion. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIslam is a continuation of Judaism and Christianity; we believe in all the prophets, including Jesus (pbuh) and all the scriptures that came before. Because of that shared lineage, many of the legal principles people call \u2018sharia\u2019 actually originate in the Torah, the same scripture respected in the Jewish and Christian traditions. <\/span>And just like in Judaism and Christianity, the detailed legal methods were developed by scholars\u00a0<\/span>centuries after<\/em> the original scripture. It\u2019s not unique to Islam,\u00a0 it\u2019s how all Abrahamic religions evolved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat the Prophet Muhammad did was actually moderate and humanize<\/em> many of the earlier practices, putting strong emphasis on mercy, forgiveness, and protecting people from harm. So when someone uses the word \u2018sharia\u2019 as a scare word, it really shows a lack of understanding. At its core, Islam teaches the same compassion and justice found across all three faiths.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recent murder of two National Guardsmen in Washington D.C. by an Afghan national has only inflamed the GOP\u2019s attacks on Muslims and immigrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for the Islamic Academy of Alabama, school leaders are headed back to the drawing board to look for a new location to accommodate its students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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