Jameah Islameah School
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Jameah Islameah School is an independent Islamic school in East Sussex. The school is located on a 54 acre site and has residential facilities to house male students aged 11 to 16. The school is independently owned and the proprietor functions as the principal. In December, 2005, Jameah Islameah was inspected by the Office for Standards in Education which noted that it "does not provide a satisfactory education for its pupils." [1] At the time of the inspection, the school had nine students. [2]
According to BBC News, the school purports to teach students to become Islamic leaders, training them to the level high enough to teach in local Masajeds and Madares. [3]
[edit] Terrorism arrests
On 1 September 2006 the Jameah Islameah school was searched by up to a hundred police officers[4] as part of their operations, although no arrests were made.[5] The local Sussex Police held a cordon around the site for 24 days in an operation that cost them over one million pounds.[6] Meanwhile the Metropolitan Police searched the buildings and grounds and the lake.[7]
On the evening of 2 September over 40 police officers entered a south London halal Chinese restaurant called The Bridge to China Town and, after talking to customers for over an hour, arrested twelve on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.[8] Two further arrests were made elsewhere in London.
By 6 September, two men had been released.[9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Office for Standards in Education, Jameah Islameah School inspection report, 5 - 8 December 2005
- ^ "No arrests at UK Islamic school after police search", Irish Examiner, 2 September, 2006
- ^ "14 held in terror police swoop", BBC News, 2 September 2006
- ^ Press Association. "Police search Islamic school", The Guardian, 2 September 2006.
- ^ "School 'not involved in violence'", BBC News, 3 September 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
- ^ Trinity Mirror. "£1m bill after Islamic school probe", Western Mail & Echo Limited, 21 October 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
- ^ "Terror police continue searches", BBC News, 3 September 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
- ^ "Terror police swoop on restaurant", BBC News, 2 September 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
- ^ "Two terror suspects are released", BBC News, 6 September 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
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