This article was submitted to the National Catholic Reporter, July 9, 2010. Dear reader, please feel free to copy and paste this message in Catholic newsletters, Knights of Columbus, Catholic schools and similar outlets - TB
Last week Ephiphany of our Lord Catholic School in St. Louis closed its doors after 95 years. The reason? Dwindling enrollment. What will become of the facility? It was purchased by Gateway Science Academy. Gateway is but one of the dozens of names used by Gulen charter schools.
Fetullah Gulen, school founder, sought political assylum in the United States in 1998 after fleeing from the then secular Turkish government. Gulen now has dozens of campuses in the USA, paid for by you, the taxpayer. Gulen lives in Pennsylvania and directs a major Islamist movement in Turkey as well as controlling a growing number of schools in the USA. Gulen is ranked 13 among the world's most influential Muslims.
The Gulen charter schools have an excellent reputation in science and math but sadly also promotes certain Islamic beliefs.
Recently Gulen bought a church in Colorado to form a school. Gulen's most recent acquisition in St. Louis hardly creates a trend, but it does make one reflect on the history of the Ottoman Empire where Christian leadership and churches were replaced with those of Islam.
Occupation and conversion of formerly Christian buildings is classic. With the fall of Epiphany in St Louis we see the first of what will likely not be the last for the glory of Gulen and their goal of an Islamized America. Be watchful and in prayer.
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