Saudi school head charged Arrest of Islamic Saudi Academy director occurs as critics allege school’s textbooks teach violence and hate BY JOHN ARUNDEL
June 19, 2008
Alexandria Times Staff photos/John Arundel
Protestors called for the closure of the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria Tuesday after the director of the Saudi government-controlled school was arrested June 9 for failing to report child abuse. Critics say the school uses textbooks that explicitly promote violence and intolerance of other religions. Above, ABC 7’s Caroline Lyders reports from the Alexandria portion of Fairfax.
Protestors angrily called for the closure of the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria Tuesday after the director of the Saudi government-controlled school was arrested June 9 for failing to report child abuse.
Last week’s arrest of Abdalla I. Al-Shabnan, the school’s director, came after a U.S. religious-freedom panel reviewed textbooks and other materials from the school and issued a statement two days later that the school uses textbooks that explicitly promote vhttp://alextimes.com/article.asp?article=10089iolence and intolerance of other religions.
