Posted on 12/05/2003 10:02:16 AM PST by TexKat
Are the Saudis funding schools devoted to fomenting radical Islamic ideology?
Dec. 3 An intense behind-the-scenes diplomatic struggle over a controversial Saudi-funded academy in Germany has shed new light on the close relationship between Saudi government officials and an international network of mosques and schoolssome of which, Western intelligence officials say, have become breeding grounds for terrorism.
THE GERMAN SCHOOL, the King Fahd Academy in Bonn, provoked an uproar two months ago when German television reporters infiltrated its classrooms and videotaped a teacher inciting a holy war in the name of Allah and advocating martial-arts trainingincluding the use of crossbowsfor young students. Local German officials announced their intention to shut the school down after receiving intelligence reports that Muslim militants from throughout Germanysome of them with suspected terrorist connectionswere flocking to the area to send their children to the academy.
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