Will Canberra lose its only Islamic school?

Muslim Youth in Australia (Image representational)

Muslim Youth in Australia (Image representational) Source: AAP

The Islamic school in Canberra faces the threat of closure after the federal government suspended its funding of one million and one hundred thousand dollars, threatening the future of 215 students in this primary school The school was previously owned by the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC), which also owned the King Fahd School in Sydney, which also lost $ 19 million in federal funding "We are talking to Mr. Moataz al-Tahir, one of the parents and a member of the Association of Friends of the Islamic School in Canberra, who began to explain the current situation of the school.



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