- MB News
- September 19, 2008
- 10 minutes read
Al-Jazeera School Besieged Despite Judicial Rulings

In his statements to Ikhwanweb, Talaat Fahmi (chairman of
Talaat said the court’s decision mirrors fact since this ruling confirmed past ones of cancelling the governor’s decision and forcing the relating authority to engage with the school and remove all impediments hindering the school’s mission.
He said he couldn’t expect the decision consequences since it’s passed in
He refuted the Muslim Brotherhood’s ownership of schools but stressed the fact of Brotherhood- run schools spreading allover the country.
It is worth mentioning that security forces clashed with the students’ families when they went to the besieged school.
Anti-riot police escorted by earthmovers, a state security officer, and head of Al-Ameryah district General Mohamed Al-Maneesi went and devastated Al-Jazeera School building that expanded over 6000 meters at the 26.5 kilometer of Alexandria- Matrouh road before 2005 school year.
State security forces escorted by mass numbers of the anti-riot police forces have forcefully closed the Islamic school of Al-Jazeera the day before yesterday evening without reasons and denied the access of 1000 students to the school yesterday morning. The forces threatened of using tears gas and detention if the students or their families tried to access the school.
State security officer advised the student’s parents to move them to any other private school in Alexandria, but they refused and said they would sue them to reopen the school.
Deputy Minister of Education of Alex informed the school’s chairman that the closure decision was passed upon security decision by Cairo’s state security apparatus and, therefore, he couldn’t cancel it.
Meanwhile, security authorities said that the school was built basically without issuing the necessary authorizations. However, owner of the school submitted all necessary approvals and the governor’s authorization to the administrative judiciary.
Further, state security issued the devastation decision no. 389 of 2004 postponed till
Head of Al-Ameryah district General Mohamed Al-Maneesi moved himself away from executing the decision and asserted that such a decision was mainly orchestrated by the US embassy and that the governor himself couldn’t cancel the US- tailored decision.
Sources said that a national society involved with caring the disabled at Burg Al-Arab has informed its intimate
Immediately after this information,
There have been many judicial decisions cancelling such a passive orientation ended by January 6th 2007 in case no. 23449 of 61st judiciary year stressing the importance of reoperation of the school. But state security apparatus denied the access of the students to the school.
It is worth mentioning that