Al Amanah College

Al Amanah College
File:Liverpool Al Amanah College.JPG 'Success Through Knowledge' 'النجاح من خلال المعرفة'
Location
Bankstown & Liverpool, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	Bankstown Liverpool
Information
School type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Islamic (Al-Ahbash)
Established	1998
Principal	Mohamad El Dana
Teaching staff	100 +
Grades	K-12
Colour(s)	Navy and White
Website	http://www.alamanah.nsw.edu.au/

Al Amanah College is an Islamic private school with campuses in Bankstown and Liverpool. Al Amanah College is a project developed by the Islamic Charity Projects Association. The school motto is 'Success Through Knowledge'.

Al Amanah College commenced its first year of its primary School on 2 February 1998. The Bankstown campus features a primary school, playground and mosque. The Liverpool campus features a primary school, high school and playgrounds. The Liverpool campus has over 200 students in both primary and secondary.

The school employs more than 100 staff members. The Principal of both campuses is Mohamad El Dana and the deputies are N. Mehio (Bankstown campus) and W. Saad (Liverpool Campus). The High School Coordinator A Alwan and his assistant L. Daboussi coordinate the operations at Liverpool.

On 29 April 2010, it was reported that the Australian Christian Churches-run Alphacrucis Bible College had sold their Chester Hill campus for $23 million to Mohammed Mehio, an associate of Al Amanah.

The Al Amanah College has been linked to the Al Ahbash group with the Australian National Imams Council, saying that the Al-Ahbash is a radical cult with sectarian fringe views. Al Ahbash has denied these claims. Al Ahbash also operate Al Amanah's NSW sister school, Salamah College, in Chester Hill.

Concern has been expressed over the unapproved use of public land by the college.

History

The college was first established at Bankstown, where classes commenced with 88 students K-Yr3 in 1998 and from there the school grew rapidly. The Bankstown campus has now reached its maximum capacity with 288 (K-6) in 2011.In 2002 the College grew further through the opening of the Liverpool Campus with 168 students, where secondary classes commenced with Year 7 then expanded to year 12 in 2007. The Liverpool Campus is located in the heart of Liverpool City catering for K-12 with 600 primary and secondary students.[1]

News coverage

Councilwanted three bus bays to be indented into the school grounds, allowing buses to pull over without obstructing passing traffic. But the bays were not built and the resulting morning and afternoon traffic is "pandemonium", according to independent Liverpool Councillor Peter Harle. When The Sunday Telegraph visited this week a queue of mini buses was parked out the front and cars were crossing double yellow lines on a bend to pass by. A council investigation in 2011 found unauthorised building works and refused to approve a development application for the multipurpose hall. Senior development planner Lina Kakish wrote to the school saying the illegal works include "construction of a building containing toilets and enclosed areas located over the existing basement car park, and a concrete slab foundation located over this building". Ms Kakish also told the school large awnings had been moved without appropriate approvals, and trees had been chopped down without permission, according to a letter Mr Geci obtained under Freedom of Information laws. "Council cannot grant retrospective approval for unauthorised building works," Ms Kakish said in an internal memo.[2]

References

http://www.alamanah.nsw.edu.au/about-us/history/

http://www.alamanah.nsw.edu.au/about-us/vision-mission-and-motto/

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/public-outrage-over-al-amanah-college-islamic-school-expansion-at-liverpool/story-fni0cx4q-1226814984619

External links

• Official website