History
Jameah Islameah School was an independent Islamic school in East Sussex. The school was located on a 54 acre site and had residential facilities to house male students aged 11 to 16. The school was independently owned and the proprietor functioned 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." At the time of the inspection, the school had nine students.
According to BBC News the school purported to teach students to become Islamic leaders, training them to the level high enough to teach in local Masajeds and Madares.
Terrorism arrests
There had been allegations that the school was used in the training and recruitment of terrorists. According to testimony from Al Qaeda suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, in 1997 and 1998, Abu Hamza and groups of around 30 of his followers held terrorist training camps at the school, including training with AK47 rifles and handguns, as well as a mock rocket launcher. In 2003 or 2004, the grounds of the school were used for an Islamic-themed camping trip, at which Omar Bakri Mohammed lectured. The trip, which was advertised by word-of-mouth, was attended by 50 Muslim men, most of whom were members of al-Muhajiroun. Bakri claimed the activities at the camp included lectures on Islam, football, and paintballing.
On 1 September 2006 the Jameah Islameah school was searched by up to a hundred police officers as part of their operations, although no arrests were made. The local Sussex Police held a cordon around the site for 24 days in an operation that cost them over one million pounds. Meanwhile the Metropolitan Police searched the buildings and grounds and the lake.
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. Two further arrests were made elsewhere in London.
By 6 September two men had been released
Closing
On February 9, 2007, the Department for Education and Skills closed down the school, because it "continues to fail to meet the standards which all independent schools must meet under the Education Act 2002." The school had not been operating at the time, due to lack of students. The Jameah Islameah School Website remained open until July 2014.
The Explore
Visited with @Porker of the night and @obscurity . We had a few stops planned for the day and this place was one in particular we wanted to tick off. Hearing that the site still had the odd person roaming around and looking after the building thoughts were "Challenge accepted" so when we arrived we made our way to the church section as this was unused by the Islamic school and has fallen into a right old state but still has some great features, one being the columns.
After the church we made our way through to the not so quiet section, we had a few visitors creeping around
while gliding through the rooms we became increasingly concerned how many visitors were about so we grabbed what shots we could and headed out (some handheld so bare with), that and the big buck knife resting on the toilet block was a tad concerning o_O
Absolutely beautiful building both internally and externally. Just as we were about to walk round one last corner @obscurity popped his head round the corner only to come face to face with an old guy making a rollie haha was priceless, stretching legs was not on the agenda but we went with it and got out to tell the tale
all in all a great afternoon.
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Cheers for having a ganders
Jameah Islameah School was an independent Islamic school in East Sussex. The school was located on a 54 acre site and had residential facilities to house male students aged 11 to 16. The school was independently owned and the proprietor functioned 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." At the time of the inspection, the school had nine students.
According to BBC News the school purported to teach students to become Islamic leaders, training them to the level high enough to teach in local Masajeds and Madares.
Terrorism arrests
There had been allegations that the school was used in the training and recruitment of terrorists. According to testimony from Al Qaeda suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, in 1997 and 1998, Abu Hamza and groups of around 30 of his followers held terrorist training camps at the school, including training with AK47 rifles and handguns, as well as a mock rocket launcher. In 2003 or 2004, the grounds of the school were used for an Islamic-themed camping trip, at which Omar Bakri Mohammed lectured. The trip, which was advertised by word-of-mouth, was attended by 50 Muslim men, most of whom were members of al-Muhajiroun. Bakri claimed the activities at the camp included lectures on Islam, football, and paintballing.
On 1 September 2006 the Jameah Islameah school was searched by up to a hundred police officers as part of their operations, although no arrests were made. The local Sussex Police held a cordon around the site for 24 days in an operation that cost them over one million pounds. Meanwhile the Metropolitan Police searched the buildings and grounds and the lake.
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. Two further arrests were made elsewhere in London.
By 6 September two men had been released
Closing
On February 9, 2007, the Department for Education and Skills closed down the school, because it "continues to fail to meet the standards which all independent schools must meet under the Education Act 2002." The school had not been operating at the time, due to lack of students. The Jameah Islameah School Website remained open until July 2014.
The Explore
Visited with @Porker of the night and @obscurity . We had a few stops planned for the day and this place was one in particular we wanted to tick off. Hearing that the site still had the odd person roaming around and looking after the building thoughts were "Challenge accepted" so when we arrived we made our way to the church section as this was unused by the Islamic school and has fallen into a right old state but still has some great features, one being the columns.
After the church we made our way through to the not so quiet section, we had a few visitors creeping around
while gliding through the rooms we became increasingly concerned how many visitors were about so we grabbed what shots we could and headed out (some handheld so bare with), that and the big buck knife resting on the toilet block was a tad concerning o_O Absolutely beautiful building both internally and externally. Just as we were about to walk round one last corner @obscurity popped his head round the corner only to come face to face with an old guy making a rollie haha was priceless, stretching legs was not on the agenda but we went with it and got out to tell the tale
all in all a great afternoon.On to the pictures (Pic heavy),
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Cheers for having a ganders
