Fairfax County officials are reviewing Arabic-language textbooks at a private Islamic school following a federal panel's recommendation that the school be shut down.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the Islamic Saudi Academy be closed until a review was conducted to make sure it is not espousing radical Islam.
The academy is subsidized by the Saudi government, and has nearly 1,000 students in grades K through 12 at two campuses in Alexandria and Fairfax. The Alexandria site is leased from Fairfax County.
Fairfax County spokeswoman Merni Fitzgerald says the county itself is not concerned about the contents of the textbooks. But she says that because the county is the academy's landlord, it wants to investigate in light of the federal report.