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Thelma saw this coming.

“First you let a Jew be Speaker of the Texas House, then … well, the domino theory kicks in and you have this kind of stuff happening.

The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools denied membership to an Islamic school about two months ago, according to the head of a local TAPPS member school uneasy about the process and the potentially divisive decision.

TAPPS is an organization that allows kids in private schools to compete against each other in sports, art, music, and academics.  It’s sort of the University Interscholastic League of private schools.

“Honestly, I don’t think they mind there being Islamic schools and they probably don’t even mind competing against them …. just so long the Muslims promise not to win, especially football,” Thelma reports.  “Can you even imagine how embarrassing that would be?”

This is the second time TAPPS’ handling of membership requests by Islamic schools has ended in controversy.

In 2004, two other Islamic schools applied for membership and received a response letter they perceived as hostile to their faith.