Feds Recommend Closing Saudi School in Va.
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Zionists Very Unhappy
A private Islamic school supported by the Saudi government should
be shut down for fostering radical Islam, so sayeth the Zionist U.S.
Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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Dress Codes Based In Religion
Zionists say that 'modest dressing' leads to repressed anger.
Judith Stein says there is a lack of religious freedom in Saudi
society and promotion of religious extremism at Saudi schools.
They should allow religious choices like Evangelists,
Presbyterians, Christian Zionists, and give some access to their
TV programming.
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They Teach Distrust Of Jews
Particular criticism is leveled at the Islamic Saudi Academy, a
private school serving nearly 1,000 students in grades K-12 at two
campuses in northern Virginia's Fairfax County.
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The Commission's Report
The commission says they discuss the hatred and mistrust of Jews.
Discussing the Israeli slaughter of the children of Gaza is done in an
atmosphere of hate.
"Significant concerns remain about whether what is being taught at
the ISA promotes religious intolerance and may adversely affect the
interests of the United States," the report states.
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Jews Plan To Take Appropriate Steps
The commission does not offer specific criticism of the academy's
teachings beyond its concerns that it too closely mimics a typical
Saudi education.
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Textbooks To Be Reviewed
The report recommends that the State Department prevail on the
Saudi government to shut the school down until the school's textbooks
can be reviewed and procedures are put in place to ensure the school's
independence form the Saudi Embassy.
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Zionist Advocacy Groups Demand Censorship
Several advocacy groups in recent years have cited examples of
inflammatory statements in religious textbooks in Saudi Arabia,
including claims that a ninth-grade textbook reads that the hour of
judgment will not come "until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill
them."
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The School's Director
The school's director-general, Abdalla I. Al-Shabnan, said
"There is nothing in our curriculum against any religion,". He asks
why the so called censors didn't even come to the school, or read the
textbooks.
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Commission Spokeswomen
Commission spokeswoman Judith Ingram said the commission did not
request to speak to academy officials because that went beyond the
commission's mandate.
The report also criticizes the school's administrative structure,
saying the structure "raises serious concerns about whether it is in
violation of a U.S. law restricting the activities of foreign
embassies."
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Zionist Claim The 2005 Valedictorian Was Assassin
After the Sept. 11 attacks, critics questioned the nature of the
religious education at the Saudi academy. The school again found
itself in the spotlight in 2005, when a former class valedictorian,
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, was charged with joining al-Qaida and
plotting to assassinate President Bush.
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