King Fahd Academy (German: König-Fahd-Akademie, Arabic: أكاديمية الملك فهد بألمانيا.

[1] With its construction financed by the government of Saudi Arabia,[6] it was originally designed to provide an Islamic education to diplomats and other children residing in Germany for a short period of time.

Many Muslim immigrant families moved to Bad Godesberg, where the embassies and their staff were formerly located.

William Boston of TIME wrote that there were "some distortions" within the documentary, including when it attributed a pro-September 11 essay written by a non-student to the school.

[2] In 2003 North Rhine Westphalia regional commissioner Jürgen Roters stated that he wished to close the school, accusing it of having connections to Islamist groups, including Mamduh Salim.

[1] German politicians were sensitive to Islamism since it was revealed that some September 11 attacks hijackers had spent time in Germany.

[7] Otto Schily, the Minister of the Interior, criticized the anti-King Fahd media and stated that the German government would continue to support the school.

[2] According to Melissa Eddy of The New York Times a "compromise" between German officials and the school kept it open.

[6] Saudi officials initially stated that King Fahd would move to Berlin, with the old building becoming a cultural centre.

[7] It became an International Baccalaureate school on 1 August 2014, and it offered English-medium IB classes,[14] taught in grades 11 and 12.