Director Of Saudi Academy Arrested For Failing To Report Child Abuse
WASHINGTON: The director of the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) was arrested last week and charged with failing to report a child abuse allegation.
Abdallah I. Al-Shabnan, director of ISA, was also charged with obstruction of justice, according to a police report on his June 9 arrest. He is now out on bail pending trial and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 1. He could not be reached for comment.
Police say Al-Shabnan’s arrest came after police alleged he covered up an incident in which a 5-year-old girl attending the school reported that she was being sexually abused by her father.
According to court papers, Al Shabnan, 52, of McLean, Va., said he didn’t believe the girl and did not report the incident, instead telling the girl’s parents to seek counseling for her.
Police said in court papers that Al-Shabnan ordered a written report about the girl’s complaint, which had been prepared by other school officials, to be deleted from a school computer.
Virginia state law requires school officials to report allegations of abuse within 72 hours.
“At no time did Mr. Al-Shabnan report the allegations to any child protective agency or law enforcement agency,” an affidavit for a search warrant filed in the Fairfax County Circuit Court says. “He further stated that he was not aware that he was required to make such a report.”
Court documents also say Al-Shabnan “stated he did not believe the girl’s complaint and felt she may be attempting to gain attention.”
The misdemeanor counts come at a time when the private school is under heavy criticism from a federal commission and other groups over textbooks that allegedly teach violence and hate.
ISA, a 900-student private school with campuses in Alexandria and Fairfax, Va., has been the subject of renewed scrutiny after an investigation by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said it found that textbooks used in the school contained offensive passages.
More than a dozen protesters lined up outside the ISA this week. The protesters, including the conservative Traditional Values Coalition, want the Justice and State departments to investigate the school. The State Department last year obtained copies of the school’s textbooks but did not make their findings public.
Staff and children affiliated with ISA brought bottles of water to the demonstrators, who gathered near a sidewalk in front of the school holding signs.
Rahima Abdullah, the ISA’s education department director, denied the allegations. “That’s absolutely not true,” said Rahima. “What we teach here is love and tolerance.”
The school issued a statement saying the textbooks had been mistranslated and misinterpreted.
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June 21st, 2008 at 9:27 amIf thats on a T-shirt I want one.
June 21st, 2008 at 9:42 amMuslims do not appear to have a problem with child abuse.
June 21st, 2008 at 9:55 amGood, send Abdallah to Guantanamo with to join the rest of the terrorists.
June 21st, 2008 at 10:05 amGuantanamo, why? He’ll get the same rights as everyone else thanks to the liberal wing of the Supremes.
June 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am“What we teach here is love and tolerance.”
Oh right, love of Islam and tolerance for terrorism! Close the madrassa, jail the principal and deport the Saudis who are not citizens.
June 21st, 2008 at 10:31 amAmen Zeke Eagle!
“Court documents also say Al-Shabnan “stated he did not believe the girl’s complaint and felt she may be attempting to gain attention.”
I wonder if he didn’t believe her because in the peaceful religion of Islam they believe woman and girls are the cause of the worlds problems. And many believe women don’t have souls.
As a woman I say “Kill Him”
June 21st, 2008 at 11:00 amHe probably says Islam is the “religion of peace” too. Islam is an empty nihilistic philosophy that hides under the rubric of a religion.
Ever wonder why Islamic flags have the half-moon in it? That would be the symbol of the Bedouin moon-god Allah.
Hey, but what can one expect from a facist fuck that worships at the burning sulfur-smelling feet of the illiterate child molesting non-prophet Muhammed?
Them child molestors sure stick together don’t they?
How about sending this pig to a battle space that he would be comfortable in…say Iraq or Afghanistan…give him 5 minutes to run…then put a .50 cal round in the back of his head.
June 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Dan (The Infidel)
June 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pmYou are a poet
Regarding the Obama “women-in-head-scarves” fiasco, did you notice that two of the principles (a woman and a man) are lawyers? Do you think they’ll sue? In the 1980s, people immigrating to the U.S. were told the fastest way to get ahead was to sue someone. They were told our U.S. courts love frivolous law suits…
June 21st, 2008 at 5:38 pm…I forgot to say that I was told this by an Iranian immigrant.
June 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pm…I forgot to say that I was told this by an Iranian immigrant.
June 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pmIf this had been a religious school other than Muslim, they would have knocked themselves out shutting the place down. Studies aside, it is an affront to our policies to let this crap go on. Political correctness is going to sink this republic and the fucking idiots in government are going to stand by and let it happen. Why isn’t the govenor of VA. stomping and hollering about the abuse being perputrated upon the innocent children. Where is the ACLU and their lawsuit against a school district run amog. I will tell you, they are afraid of the heat of political incorrectness, this won’t be like the heat of hell, but then again real judgement will await their sorry asses.
June 21st, 2008 at 7:01 pmVideos of our protest outside this school are here:
http://www.motionbox.com/filings?folder_id=6026393
It was great taking the fight to their door.
I stutter more than I like, but the cameras closing in made me nervous.
A coalition of us are staying on this. It will be an issue in the 11th Congressional District race.
All the latest news is posted at: saudiwatch.wordpress.com.
I’ve done three shows on it at: blogtalkradio.com/radiofreedaralharb
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 am