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First Islamic schools in Australia


 Melbourne: Located in a foreign environment should not erode the identity. That's what I try to do some Muslims in Melbourne, Australia. The children of Muslim families to easily get the religious teachings of Islam through Islamic schools. His name is King Khalid College, Melbourne.

Of the 35 classes of students served each week, four of whom are religious studies or related to Islamic morals. In the classroom boys and girls sit separately. Women were required to wear a veil.

King Khalid College stood since 1983. This school is the first Muslim school in the area of Melbourne, and even Australia. The basic idea according Abdulkarim Galea, Principal King Khalid College is to protect the identity and religious norms of Muslim students. "What makes this school is un-Islamic environment. The students learned the same thing as in other schools, but in an Islamic environment," said Galea.

Islamic environment that this school has to offer and about 30 other Muslim schools in the City of kangaroos. But to get it, parents must spend more than the cost of public schools that do not collect fees. (AIS)
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