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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4309228/Extremism-problem-Punchbowl-High-six-years.html
Muslim leader claims authorities have been 'turning a blind eye' to radicalised students at Punchbowl Boys High School for 'years'
Muslim leader Jamal Daoud said extremism long a problem at Punchbowl High
He heard radicalisation concerns since 2011 including violence, name calling
Mr Daoud said the NSW Government should have acted years ago
Principal Chris Griffiths and his deputy Joumana Dennaoui were dumped
They had refused to implement anti-radicalisation program at school
By Nic White For Daily Mail Australia
UPDATED: 19:52 GMT, 13 March 2017
A prominent Muslim community leader claimed extremism has been a problem at Punchbowl Boys High School for at least six years.
Jamal Daoud said he heard concerns about radicalisation at the Sydney public school since 2011, and the NSW Government should have acted years ago.
'It's been going on for years,' he claimed.
'I had a friend whose son attended the school and was worried about extremism... there was violence and radical name-calling,' he told the Daily Telegraph.
Punchbowl High's Muslim convert principal Chris Griffiths and his deputy Joumana Dennaoui were dumped earlier this month after an investigation
Mr Daoud claimed the government had 'turned a blind eye' to students who were supporting Islamic extremism and called for a 'holistic' approach to the problem.
He said radicalisation 'spread like a disease' and the source needed to be investigated - including looking into mosques linked to the school.
'It is an organised process that starts at home, school and at the mosque,' Mr Daoud said.
'My friend whose son attended the school himself ended up becoming radicalised and the things he had once seen as wrong, he started to see as right.'
Punchbowl High's Muslim convert principal Chris Griffiths and his deputy Joumana Dennaoui were dumped earlier this month after an investigation.
NSW Education boss Mark Scott said Mr Griffiths blocked an anti-radicalisation program, which lead to them being removed from their positions.
The school was identified as one of 19 New South Wales schools at risk of radicalising Muslim students.
It followed a series of allegations by staff, parents, and students into Mr Griffiths' running of the school, with Mr Scott conceding it was 'off the rails'.
Mr Griffiths allegedly stopping female teachers from participating in official events such as the Year 12 graduation ceremony.
He was also said to be trying to make the school Muslim-only, preventing police liaison officers from entering - with 'actively hostile' relations so bad they couldn't get in for 2.5 years.
Police were 'concerned about his rhetoric' and felt he was leading students down a 'dangerous path', after they had good relations when his predecessor Jihad Dib was in charge.
'Students were being told that if 'the pigs' stop you, to film them and refuse their directions,' a senior constable told the Telegraph.
Several employees claimed non-Muslim staff were verbally attacked, including with threats of beheading, by Muslim students declaring themselves ISIS sympathisers.
Non-Muslim students said they were bullied into attending Muslim prayers, lectures on the Koran and cut their hair to conform to Islam.
Another student allegedly attacked a teacher last year after refusing to participate in an anti-radicalisation program.
There was no suggestion either Mr Griffiths or Ms Dennaoui condoned the threats or incidents, but they were not reported to police.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4309228/Extremism-problem-Punchbowl-High-six-years.html#ixzz4bUiDrNH7
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