To
Whom It May Concern
Dear Hater,
I
am writing to you about the current situation at Abaarso Tech (AT) High School
and its difficulties. First, let me clarify to you about what AT is and how it
functions. Abaarso Tech high school is run by Mr. Jonathan Starr. Mr. Starr is
also the headmaster and the co-founder of the school. Jonathan set strict rules
for the progression and the safety of the school and everyone who breaks those
rules faces severe consequences. Some of those rules are: teachers sign
documents that say they should not interfere or do anything that goes against
our religion, Islam. No teacher who doesn't sign these documents is allowed to
take the job or even enter the country. Female students are required to wear
headscarves in school or in public. Any female student who doesn't wear
headscarf faces severe punishments such as suspension and expulsion. Female
teachers are also obligated to wear headscarves in school or even in public.
Again, any female teacher who doesn't wear headscarf loses her job immediately.
In addition, there are strict rules that abridge the communication between male
and female students. Male students are not allowed to enter the school building
from 3:00 pm until 6:00 am in the next morning. There is no way that the opposite
genders can see each other or even exchange a single word. Also, teachers walk
around at nights just so they can prevent students from seeing each other. For
the third time, any student who violates these rules gets an immediate
expulsion.
Knowing
that AT has all of those rules listed above; there should be no excuse to say
that AT community does something that goes against Islam. On December 12, 2012,
a person who hates AT and wants to get some kind of benefit announced on
Halbeeg News that one of the talented and beloved teachers at Abaarso Tech
discouraged a female student to not wear Hijab. This anonymous, selfish animal declared
that he/she “translated” the dialogue between the female student and the
teacher. This baseless evidence says that the name of the student is Asma Mooge
who is not in AT student’s list. AT community faces harsh treatments from
Hargeisa. The Prime Minister of education ordered to send Mr. Jonathan, the
headmaster of AT, back to the US. This action was done in a sneaky way so that
no one should notice what happens. However, the truth always comes up and
fortunately Mr. Jonathan was released. This action shows that part of the
government is willing to do whatever it takes to shut down OUR school which is
OUR future. My point is, don’t destroy our lives just because you can’t get the
better education we have at Abaarso Tech. Don’t make things up and leave us
alone so we can get the education to educate ignorant people like you. We as AT
community will never ever give up or surrender for people like you to destroy
the life we were building for the last three years. We are going to stand up
for what we believe until our last breath leaves our souls.
AT
school is a Muslim school and everyone who goes there knows a lot about Islam.
We know what is right and what is wrong. We don’t need a person to tell us what
to do and how to behave to be better Muslims and AT teachers respect us no
matter who we are from the bottom of their hearts. Finally, what I am saying to
you is, don’t waste your time posting nonsense stuff about our school because
no matter what you do or how hard you work to destroy us, you will never be
able to pull us apart because of the strong bond that is linked between AT
people.
Sincerely,
Nasri
Abaarso
Tech Student
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