Arab News: Fewer textbooks
The current school year at the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) in Virginia began with fewer textbooks after US pressure groups accused the school of inciting violence through its curriculum, a development that raises concerns about the…
Saudi Royal Support for Terrorists Continues from New York
When President Barak Obama said in his inauguration speech that "Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred," he didn't expect that in the immediate future such a network would be operating from…
Gulf Institute in Associated Press on Saudi School Books
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Islamic school in northern Virginia with close ties to the Saudi government has revised its religious textbooks in an effort to end years of criticism that the school fosters hatred and intolerance.
While the…
Gulf Institute in the Washington Post on Saudi Textbooks
A Saudi-funded academy was granted a zoning exemption Monday that allows it to expand at its 34-acre Popes Head Road campus in Fairfax County, culminating a years-long campaign to enlarge the school at that location.
Hearings this…
The Lowell Sun – Amnesty International report focuses more light on abuses
Amnesty International recently released a report about the systemic human-rights abuses taking place in Saudi Arabia. The report focused on how the al Saud family condones the arrests of thousands of civilians under the ruse of combating…
Why civilian trials for Al-Qaeda are wrong
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have made the decision to give the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) andfour others -Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali -…
Saudi Terror Remains a Threat 8 years after 9/11
Washington DC - Eight years ago, the world watched in horror and awe as World Trade Center’s Towers collapsed marking the arrival of terrorism in the hearts of the Western world. The implications of that day have changed the way…
NPR: Virginia Islamic School’s Expansion Met Protests
Reported by Jamie Tarabay
In Northern Virginia, a private school needed the local county's approval to expand to serve more students. This would have hardly raised an eyebrow had it not been for one particular detail: The school is…
NY Post: Confront the Saudis for teaching hate
"The Jews worship the devil," the teachers tell 8th-graders. Later, in 10th-grade history class, students will learn that the Jews were responsible for the French Revolution and, of course, the Bolshevik Revolution.
These are mild…
OPEC and Oil Prices: The Abu Dhabi Meeting in Context
Now that the OPEC summit public-relations exercise of November 17 is over, all eyes are fixed on the upcoming OPEC oil ministers meeting in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on December 5. Consumer nations, particularly…