Muslim school to go ahead

Friday, June 20th, 2014

A multimillion-dollar secondary boarding school for Muslim boys is to go ahead in South Dunedin, the Al-Noor Charitable Trust has confirmed.

It will be based at the former St Patrick’s Primary School in Melbourne St, in Dunedin, New Zealand, which the trust plans to develop.

Trust chairman Dr Mohammad Alayan said the $8 million An-Nur Kiwi Academy (AKA) would be open by January 1, 2017 and was expected to educate about 100 year 11 to 13 boys from across the country Continue reading

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