Although this isn’t an issue we have followed here, I wanted to post it to show solidarity with the handful of activists who sought to halt expansion of a Saudi government school whose practices and policies have come into serious question in recent years. And, I want to be sure the story is part of our “stealth jihad” category.
This article by Jeffrey Imm posted on The New Media Journal is entitled, “Bullies Pack Meeting in Support of Islamic Institution.” Hat tip: Robert.
Imagine facing the overwhelming odds of fighting for equality in Islamic supremacist Saudi Arabia or in the 1960s-era white supremacist Mississippi.
These were the same odds faced by a handful of activists in challenging the estimated 600 supporters of the Islamic Saudi Academy at Northern Virginia’s Fairfax County Planning Commission on the night of March 18, 2009. Many hundreds of the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) supporters wore printed name tag badges reading “I Support ISA,” including ISA’s logo containing the emblem of Saudi Arabian government with its two crossed swords.
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At the government public meeting, the Fairfax County government board auditorium was packed by Islamic Saudi Academy supporters beyond capacity with dozens standing in the aisles and corridors, as it sought to show its clout to Northern Virginia’s Fairfax government. It was an event that most Fairfax residents were unaware of, but the Saudi Arabian-backed institution’s supporters were well organized to demonstrate their power in Virginia.
Read it all. You can’t even take a Bible into Saudi Arabia, imagine if we asked for a Christian school there!