Source: CAIR/The Washington Post

http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=39221&theType=NB

On March 20, 2006 The Washington Post reported, "Construction has begun on a 20-acre campus near Annapolis that will house an Islamic high school, a television station, athletic facilities and eventually a college, according to project directors. Mohammad Arafa, executive director of the Islamic Society of Annapolis, said the Mekkah Learning Center will be the first Islamic high school in the region... The school will complement two established Islamic schools in the region, Al-Huda School in College Park and Al-Rahmah School in Baltimore, each serving a few hundred students up to the middle-school grades. Arafa said he has the support of 22 Muslim leaders across Maryland. He envisions the campus as a means 'to help our children to be Americans and Muslims without having to compromise their identity' and as a place where Muslims and non-Muslims can gather to bridge their differences... The first building will house a prayer hall, assembly rooms and space for two ninth-grade classes, one for boys and one for girls. Arafa hopes to add one grade each year, eventually serving 250 to 300 students."