VIRGINIA BRIEFING

The Islamic Saudi Academy receives much of its funding from the Saudi government and teaches about 900 students from kindergarten to 12th grade at two Fairfax County campuses.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said yesterday it obtained 17 academy textbooks and found several disturbing passages.

A 12th-grade text says that apostates -- those who leave Islam -- and adulterers may be permissibly killed. A social studies text states that "the Jews conspired against Islam and its people."

The academy has said it promotes tolerance and revises Saudi textbooks as needed. A telephone call yesterday afternoon to the school's main office was not immediately returned.

-- Associated Press

CHILD PORN CASE

Virginia ACLU's Former Chief Is Disbarred

The Virginia State Bar has revoked the law license of a man who served as president of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union for 12 years.

Charles Rust-Tierney of Arlington was sentenced in September to seven years in prison for downloading child pornography.

The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board announced yesterday that it revoked Rust-Tierney's license to practice law April 25. Rust-Tierney was president of the ACLU's Virginia chapter from 1993 to 2005 and served as a youth sports coach in Arlington.

Arlington police investigators last year found no evidence he had improper contact with children.

-- Associated Press