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The Islamic Saudi Academy is a prep school in Virginia, accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It has classes from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade, and has a current enrollment of more than 900 students. [1] The school has been accused of promoting terrorism. A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school) is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ...
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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is a regional accreditor for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southern United States. ...
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Overview
The school was founded in 1984. It has campuses in Alexandria and Fairfax, Virginia. The Fairfax campus has pre-kindergarten through second grade classes and the Alexandria campus has grades two through twelve. The school is bilingual, with classes in English and Arabic, and a combined American and Middle-Eastern curriculum. Classes are segregated from third grade onwards. The school holds a Prince Bandar chapter of the National Honor Society.[1] This article is about the year. ...
Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Founded 1718 Government - Mayor William D. Euille Area - City 15. ...
Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Founded 1805 Government - Mayor Robert Lederer Area - City 6. ...
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Programs and activities The school's curriculum includes Islamic studies, Islam for beginners, Arabic language, Arabic ASL, Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Computers, Art, English, Social Studies, and Physical Education. The school also has an Advanced Placement Program and an English as a second language program. [1]
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See also: Language education and Second language acquisition ESL (English as a second language), ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) and EFL (English as a foreign language) all refer to the use or study of English by speakers of other languages. ...
The ISA is a member of the Northern Virginia Independent Athletic Conference (NVIAC), and participates in the basketball and soccer leagues, fielding both boys' and girls' varsity teams. The school has 3 football fields. [2] The school is a supporter of the Mount Vernon Youth Athletic Association, an all-volunteer community program that uses athletics to teach discipline and good citizenship to area youths.
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The school participates in various educational and leadership-oriented extracurricular activities. There is an annual science fair and a Shakespearian drama program. Students are active participants in the Model United Nations program, the Presidential classroom program, Future Business Leaders of America, and various other programs. [1]
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Controversy The ISA has repeatedly been accused of promoting terrorism. The tabloid Philadelphia Daily News nicknamed ISA 'Terror High'.[3] Terrorist redirects here. ...
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On February 23, 2005, the day after Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, ISA's valedictorian in 1999, was indicted on terrorism charges, New York Senator Charles Schumer issued a press release questioning whether the ISA was "another madrassa". Madrassa is the Arabic word for school. Senator Schumer sent letters to Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.[4] is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Ahmed Omar Abu-Ali is a man from Falls Church, Virginia in the United States who is being held on charges of providing material support to the al Qaeda terrorist network. ...
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Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (Arabic: ‎, born March 2, 1949) is a highly influential Saudi politician and was Saudi ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. ...
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Notable individuals connected to ISA - Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, valedictorian of the academy in 1999, was convicted on charges of providing material support to the al Qaeda terrorist network. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His defense team argued that his first confession in Saudi Arabia had been extracted under torture, but the judge ruled his confession admissible. His defense team is appealing the decision.[5][6]
- Susan L. Douglass, a former social studies teacher at the school, wrote social studies textbooks for the International Institute of Islamic Thought. The Institute was raided by the FBI in 2002 in relation to suspected terrorist links.[7]
Ahmed Omar Abu-Ali is a man from Falls Church, Virginia in the United States who is being held on charges of providing material support to the al Qaeda terrorist network. ...
In the United States and Canada, the title of valedictorian (an anglicized derivation from the Latin vale dicere, to say farewell) is given to the top graduate of the graduating class (the Australia/New Zealand equivalent being dux, although some Australian universities use the American term) of an educational institution. ...
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Map of major attacks attributed to al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda (also al-Qaida or al-Qaida or al-Qaidah) (Arabic: ‎ , translation: The Base) is an international alliance of terrorist organizations. ...
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The International Institute of Islamic Thought is a private, non-profit organization that describes itself as an institution concerned with issues of Islamic thought. ...
References Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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