Jason Ali was removed from the classroom last week
WOODBRIDGE -- A Woodbridge High School history teacher has been terminated following an investigation into links to articles on Sept. 11, 2001 conspiracy theories posted on his teacher page of the school's website.
Jason Ali, who was removed from the classroom last week, was terminated pending approval by the board of education, Jonathan Busch, an attorney for the Woodbridge Board of Education, confirmed Monday.
Links on Ali's supplemental materials have since been deleted, but screen shots show that two of the links correspond to articles on the Middle Eastern Research Institute's website. The website features several articles with anti-Semitic headlines and promotes Sept. 11 conspiracy theories on its 9-11 Documentation Project.
The two articles previously linked to on Ali's page have headlines of "U.S. Planned, Carried Out 9/11 Attacks - But Blames Others For Them," and "U.S. Planning 9/11-Style Attack Using ISIS In Early 2015 - Like It Did Using Al-Qaeda In 2001."
Woodbridge Schools Superintendent Robert Zega has said the links were not part of the school curriculum.
Zega told PIX11 the district took "swift action" to remove the links after learning about them, and that if "the investigation proves out then the teacher will be disciplined severely."
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