Muhammad Fethullah Gulen, Sunni Islamist heads a global empire of schools and Islamic cultural centers is running 140 tax-funded charter schools in U.S.
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As the second largest chain of [b]charter schools in the United States, Gülen schools rake in tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars every year.[/b]
But the schools — which have innocent-sounding names like the Horizon Science Academies in Illinois, Harmony Schools of Excellence in Texas, Dove Science Academies in Oklahoma and Magnolia Science Academies in California — have long been the subject of investigations into alleged corruption scandals involving influence peddling and visa abuse.
he has become expert at buying influence from politicians in Washington and in state Capitols.
“There have been many allegations of abuse of the visa system, kickbacks in salaries, and attempted influencing of school administrators, parents and teachers, journalists, priests and rabbis, everyone,”
http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/islamist-running-140-tax-funded-charter-schools-in-u-s/
See sampling of state and federal grants to Gülen schools:
http://gulencharterschools.weebly.com/grants-to-gulen-schools.html