Australian Islamic College

Australian Islamic College
Location
Perth, Western Australia and Adelaide, South Australia

31°58′50″S 115°55′58″E / 31.9806°S 115.9327°E / -31.9806; 115.9327
Information
TypeIndependent co-educational primary and secondary day school
DenominationIslamic
Established1986 (1986)
FounderAbdallah Saad Magar[1][2]
Principal
Abdullah Khan[3]
Staff600 (30 December 2025)
YearsK–12
Enrolment6,000  (30 December 2025)
Campuses
Websiteaic.wa.edu.au Edit this at Wikidata
Campus locations

Australian Islamic College is an independent, co-educational, primary and secondary school and tertiary college located in Perth, Western Australia, and Adelaide, South Australia. The school was founded in 1986 by Abdallah[a] Saad Magar,[1] with 49 students and three staff.[2] As of 30 December 2025, the school has 6,000 students and 600 staff spread across six campuses, five in the Perth suburbs of Dianella, Forrestdale,[4] Henley Brook, Kewdale and Thornlie, and one in the Adelaide suburb of West Croydon.

History

The school was established in 1986 as the Muslim Community School at Brisbane Street in Perth.[5] In 1990 a second campus was opened in Thornlie to cater for students from grades K-10, and in 1996 a third campus was opened in the northern suburb of Dianella. In 2000 Kewdale was opened on the grounds of the former Kewdale Senior High School,[6] which had amalgamated with Belmont Senior High School to reopen as Belmont City College. On 22 June 2017, the West Croydon campus was opened on the site of the former Islamic College of South Australia in the Adelaide suburb of West Croydon.

Controversies

In 2007, Australian Islamic College was raided by 28 fraud squad officers and ten investigators from the Department of Education, Science and Training investigations unit.[7] Abdallah Saad Magar and the Principal Aziz Magdi were charged with fraud offences against the governments of Australia and Western Australia.[7][8] The charges related to falsifying records to indicate that more students were attending the school than actually were and thereby obtaining money for the school to which they were not entitled. The amount that was alleged to have been obtained fraudulently was A$3.16 million,[8][9] equivalent to A$4.58 million in 2022. Both were found guilty in the District Court on 31 March 2010.[10] Abdallah Saad Magar appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court, however his application was denied.[11]

Notable alumna

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also spelt Abdullah.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aijazi (2026).
  2. 1 2 3 Khan (2025), p. 3.
  3. ↑ Ho, Mitsopoulos & Patidar (2026).
  4. ↑ Government of Western Australia (2025), p. 5.
  5. ↑ Australian Islamic College (2025).
  6. ↑ Hunter & Morling (2016), p. 39.
  7. 1 2 Taylor, Paige; Gosch, Elizabeth (31 January 2007). "Police raid leading Islamic college". The Australian. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. 1 2 Buckley-Carr, Alana (28 June 2008). "Islamic school on fraud charges". The Australian. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Sonti, Chalpat (27 June 2008). "Islamic College trio charged over $3m fraud". WAtoday. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Campbell, Kate (31 March 2010). "Islamic college leaders guilty of fraud". The West Australian. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Taylor, Belle (27 May 2011). "College fraud appeal denied". The West Australian. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  12. ↑ Scott, Rousset & Powell (2024).
  13. ↑ Grattan (2024).

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