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The principal of Al Faisal College claims the school has never had a gay student.

THE principal of an Islamic school in New South Wales claims the school has never had a gay student.

The principal, Ghazwa Khan spoke to The Australian for a piece looking into the curriculum of Islamic schools in the shadow of the Safe Schools debate.


“We’ve never had any child who says these things because they are being taught at home how to behave and know that this is not recommended,” Khan said.

Khan considers it to be a non-issue at the school.

“We’ve never had this issue at all, we’ve never had it,” she said.

“I think the students know their limit and they are taught at home what to say and what not to say.”

Al-Faisal College is one of New South Wales’ largest Islamic schools.

Khan’s remarks were reinforced by Keysar Trad, the president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, who spoke about same-sex issues in relation to the religion.

“This is something that is clearly spelt out in the Koran and the hadith, that sex is only ­between a husband and a wife who are of the opposite gender and we have absolutely no mandate to change the grace of God,” Trad said.

“At school, all kids are told that they should not practise sex until they are married.”