Vienna’s Saudi school ordered closed

Vienna: Vienna school officials have ordered the closure of a Saudi Arabian school accused of teaching anti-Semitism, after it refused to comply with a request to identify the institution’s director and teachers.

The board began investigating the school last month after media reports that a history book used there contained anti-Jewish material. The book allegedly describes Freemasons as “a Jewish, secret, subversive organization focused on guaranteeing control of the world by Jews.”

The school refused to comment and that probe is continuing. But the Vienna school board said in a statement Monday the school’s “continued operation is prohibited after the end of the 2014/2015 school year” because of the refusal to provide the information on its staff.