Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy
in Philadelphia, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy is an Islamic private day and weekend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1996. It has a coeducational kindergarten through 8th grade program and an all-girls' high school for grades 9 through 11. It is affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society and is located in a common building, 1501 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122.In 2004, the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society building received murals and decorative tiling. In 2006, volunteers added more decorative work to the building.
The mosque and school have been subject to vandalism and religiously-motivated attacks over the years, including a December 2015 incident involving a pig's head. Pig heads are especially offensive to Muslims. The school has also been a part of interfaith efforts in Philadelphia, including an Muslim/Jewish interfaith basketball game — played on the Philadelphia 76ers home court at Wells Fargo Center— organized by an area teen as part of his Bar Mitzvah project.
