From Creeping Sharia:
Virginia: Islamic Saudi Academy lease extended despite concerns
Posted on November 3, 2010 by creeping
The Islamic Saudi Academy, whose valedictorian is serving a life sentence for a jihad plot to kill a United States president, and whose books teach hatred of non-Muslims gets a lease extension.
After a heated public hearing that lasted over an hour, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a one-year lease addendum for the Islamic Saudi Academy in Mount Vernon at last night’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Owned by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) has been leasing the 148,000 square foot building on Richmond Highway from the county since 1989. The ISA requested a lease extension from the county earlier this year. Its current one-year lease was set to expire in June of 2011; however, the lease addendum, which was approved with a 6-3 vote, will extend the current lease from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Included in the lease addendum is an option to extend the lease for two additional one-year periods, which must be approved by the County Executive.
The lease addendum is expected to generate $2.6 million in revenue the first year with a five percent increase each year after. All revenue will be deposited back into the county’s general fund.
This move was met with debate from Fairfax County residents, including some who claimed that the private school lacked transparency and feared its teachers taught anti-American ideology in its curriculum.
James Lafferty of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force voiced his opposition to the school during the public hearings, claiming that the school “teaches Shar’iah, and it manages the school with Shar’iah.”
“Shar’iah is anti-constitutional,” said Lafferty. “We need to get as tough with these people as you do with those who aren’t cleaning up their front yard.”
However, residents like Lynne Strobel who support the lease renewal say that the school is a “strong contributor” to local businesses who put $2.5 million into Fairfax County each year.
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