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Secret Report on Saudi School in Virginia Must Be Released
Counterterrorism Blog.com ^ | 20 May 2008 | Andrew Cochran

Posted on 05/20/2008 9:50:58 AM PDT by BufordP

Yesterday, the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, DC, unanimously voted to continue leasing county property to the Islamic Saudi Academy, which is funded by the Saudi government. The school had been criticized for using textbooks which included virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Christian language and teachings. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report last year urging the State Department to shut the school down unless it materially changed the textbooks to remove the hateful language. To quote the Commission, "Moreover, a 2006 report analyzing some Saudi textbooks from the 2005-2006 school year found that 'a ninth grade Saudi textbook on Hadith teaches teenagers in apocalyptic terms that violence towards Jews, Christians and other unbelievers is sanctioned by God.' For example, the textbook reads, 'the hour [of judgment] will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them.'" ISA's 1999 valedictorian was Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush.

Apparently, the Board of Supervisors is satisfied that the textbooks were changed - "apparently," that is, because it commissioned a report to translate the newest version of the textbooks, but the Board refuses to release the report. That secrecy is unacceptable in this instance, especially considering that the report was paid for by taxpayers' dollars.

Either the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors must release the report, or Congress should subpoena it and release it for them.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: education; fairfaxcounty; isa; islam; muslimstudents; school; terrorism; wot
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To: BufordP

I encourage everyone to contact the BOS, my husband and I have.


21 posted on 05/20/2008 12:16:55 PM PDT by Cathy
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To: samadams2000
That's going to difficult when the President apologizes for one of our Snipers using the Koran for target practice.
22 posted on 05/20/2008 12:18:02 PM PDT by Rappini (Remember Joe Foss)
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To: milford421

Ping.


23 posted on 05/20/2008 1:12:58 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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To: All

Awesome video:

The same kind of terrorists who support Obama did this:
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/attack/
Never apologize for them.
Never appease them.
Never forget.


24 posted on 05/20/2008 1:19:37 PM PDT by cyberella
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To: Rappini

It doesnt necessarily have to be the President.(Read tag line)


25 posted on 05/20/2008 3:05:28 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: BufordP

Isn’t the chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Gerry Connolly, running to fill the seat Tom Davis is vacating?


26 posted on 05/20/2008 3:33:31 PM PDT by HokieMom
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To: HokieMom

Yes, I think he’s giving it a lot of thought. Don’t know what he’s decided.


27 posted on 05/20/2008 7:44:41 PM PDT by BufordP (Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
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To: BufordP

bump


28 posted on 05/20/2008 7:48:32 PM PDT by VOA
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