Al Huda School is a private Islamic school located in
College Park, Maryland. It first opened in September 1995 with elementary students in Kindergarten through second grade. In Fall 2007, the high school opened. Currently, it has grades K-12, with boys and girls in separate classes. it had over 700 students in all programs, with 460 students in its day school.
In 2013 the school and its affiliated mosque planned a new campus in the former
Woodmont Academy
Woodmont Academy was a private school in Howard County, Maryland, affiliated with the Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious institute.
History
Woodmont Academy was founded in 1995 by the Legionaries of Christ in Granite, Baltimore County, M ...
in
Cooksville, Western
Howard County. Several area residents objected to the redevelopment plan proposed to the county government on the grounds that it would interfere with the area's rural character. In 2013, former
James N. Robey
James N. Robey Jr. (born January 18, 1941), an American Democratic politician, was a Maryland State Senator from January 10, 2007, to January 14, 2015. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2013 until he retired in January 2015.
Background
Bo ...
aide Sang Oh representing Dar-us-Salaam, an Islamic organization that operates Al Huda, petitioned Howard County to rezone the Woodmont Property. The zoning application was dropped, but plans to move the Dar-us-Salaam facility from College Park to Cooksville proceeded as a conditional use.
See also
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Islam in Maryland
There are around 70,000 Muslims in Maryland in the United States as of December 1992, according to the American Muslim Council. This is the tenth highest number of Muslims of all U.S. states, representing 1.4% of the Muslim population in the co ...
References
External links
Dar-us-Salaam/Al Huda SchoolBA 13-033C AL-HUDA, INC. t/a DAR-US-SALAAM September 30, 2014 Banneker Room- Howard County
IN THE MATTER OF AL HUDA, INC., T/A DAR-US-SALAAM Petitioner BEFORE THE : HOWARD COUNTY BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING EXAMINER BA Case No. 13-033C
Islamic schools in the United States
Private K-12 schools in Maryland
Religious schools in Maryland
Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland
College Park, Maryland
1995 establishments in Maryland
Educational institutions established in 1995
Islam in Maryland
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