First of all, it's Kahlil Gibran, not Khalil Gibran. Second, Kahlil Gibran was a Christian Arab, not Muslim, hence a school that bears his name cannot be Islamic. Third, the Academy was simply insituted as a school for the study of the Arabic language, which is spoken by Christians, Jews and Muslims alike. Unlike the Ben Gambla school, which had religious Jewish instruction till it was told to cease and desist.

The Kahlil Gibran Academy's Principal was hounded out by bigoted Jews like Daniel Pipes, and replaced by a Jewish woman who does not know Arabic. Big difference in the way Ben Gambla was treated.