What will the ISA protest group do next?
The ISA protest group, of which this author is a charter member, will not rest on its laurels given the evident conflation of the controversy from a local into a national, and now international, one. Thanks to Fairfax County Supervisor Connolly’s ‘mea culpa,’ the reactions at the U.S. State Department and the receipt of Rep. Wolf’s letter, there is more grist for the mill. Among the items under consideration are: • A FOIA request to Fairfax County forcing them to divulge the deliberations on the ISA lease renewal and alleged internal studies of the Islamic Study texts criticized by the USCIRF report; • Putting pressure on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to re-open the accreditation file of the ISA for cause in recognition of the new information from the USCIRF report; • Investigation of the corporate and tax filing status of the ISA and Saudi Embassy d/b/a relationship; and, • Review and disclosure of Federal Elections Commission records on contributors to Connolly’s C
