The Islamic Education Institute of Texas (IEIT), also known as Darul Arqam Islamic School District (DAISD) and Darul Arqam Schools is a network of Islamic schools in
Greater Houston
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,
Texas
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,
United States
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. The organization is a subsidiary of the
Islamic Society of Greater Houston
The Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) is a system of mosques in Greater Houston. It is headquartered at the Eastside Main Center in Upper Kirby in Houston.
There are women from south Asian backgrounds who do not believe in wearing the h ...
(ISGH). IEIT is headquartered in
Southwest Management District
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(formerly Greater Sharpstown) in Houston.
IEIT,
as Darul Arqam, began as a full-time PreK-3 school located in two mobile homes in 1992, with 33 students and 8 faculty members.
[About Us]
" Darul Arqam School North Houston Campus. Retrieved on November 2, 2010. "Darul Arqam School , 11815 Adel Rd Houston, Texas 77067" In 2004 it had over 300 students total.
It is a PreK-12 school system.
Campuses
Each of the six campuses is located at a particular ISGH mosque:
* Darul Arqam School North (''
unincorporated''
Harris County)
[ - Addresses included in the link: if a school and a mosque share an address, they are co-located. To determine whether a school is in an incorporated area or not, you can check against th]
Map of the city of Houston
(which indicates unincorporated areas)
8 x 11 version
Also see th
Map of the Alief Super Neighborhood on page 2 of this document
In regards to the Southwest Campus, it has a Sugar Land postal address ("10415 Synott Rd. Sugar Land, TX 77498") but is actually physically located in the Houston city limits. See the Houston map as well a
the map book of Sugar Land
(See section "Would annexation change our mailing addresses?") - Located at Masjid Bilal (Adel Road Islamic Center),
[ - Addresses included in the link: if a school and a mosque share an address, they are co-located.] it opened in 1992 and serves grades PreK-12.
[ In 2004 it had 175 students, with 19 in senior high school.][ it has more than 300 students.][ - Located at Masjid Abu-Bakr ( Highway 3 Islamic Center),][ it opened in 1992 and serves early childhood to grade 3.][
* Everest Academy][ (a.k.a. Darul Arqam School South][Darul Arqam Schools of Houston, Texas]
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Direct file link
Darul Arqam Schools. Retrieved on November 3, 2010. "Darul Arqam School South 610 Brand Lane Stafford, Texas 77477") (Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...
)[ Located at Masjid Al-Sabireen (Brand Lane Islamic Center),][ it opened in 2005 and serves grades PreK-8.][
* Darul Arqam Southwest ( Alief, Houston, near Sugar Land)][ - Located at Masjid At-Taqwa (Synott Islamic Center),][ it opened in 1993 and serves early childhood through grade 8.][
* ILM Academy (Houston)][ - Located at the Spring Branch Islamic Center,][ it opened in 2006 and serves early childhood through grade 8.][
* Houston Peace Academy (HPA) (unincorporated Harris County)][ - Located at Masjid Al-Salam (Champions Islamic Center), which has a Spring mailing address,][ it opened in 2010 and serves early childhood to 5th grade.][
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Athletics
middle school grades participate in the Private School Interscholastic Association's events, while there is no athletic association for high school grades.[
In 2004 Darul Arqam submitted an application to join the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS), a private school athletic association which includes several Christian private schools. Khaled Katbi, who represented the school, had a meeting with TAPPS on November 4, 2004, and did not report any unusual questions. However the school subsequently received a letter which included a questionnaire with "Why do you wish to join an organization whose membership is basically in total disagreement with your religious beliefs?" and "Why do you think that the current member schools of TAPPS will not be biased against your school, based on the fundamental difference in your religion and Christianity, since about 90% of TAPPS schools embrace Christianity?" In response the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas stated that TAPPS should be investigated.][
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See also
* Islam in Houston
References
External links
Islamic Education Institute of Texas
Darul Arqam Schools
Everest Academy
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Private schools in Greater Houston
Private K-12 schools in Texas
Private K-12 schools in Houston
Private K-12 schools in Harris County, Texas