Hawzah News Agency (Sydney, Australia) -The Administrative Appeals Tribunal on Thursday, January ۱۰, upheld the Federal Government's decision last February to strip Malek Fahd Islamic school of the money.

It ruled the school at Greenacre, in southwest Sydney, was 'at minimum' run for profit and was not a fit and proper organisation.

Malek Fahd Islamic school will lose $19 million in government funding for funnelling millions to the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils.

This Islamic school is 80 percent government funded and may now be forced to close, putting hundreds of teachers and staff out of work and displacing 2,400 students.

'Malek Fahd cannot survive without public funding. We only have sufficient funds to continue to the end of the second term at the end of June,' the school told parents last year..

The funding was pulled after a review of six schools authorities affiliated with the AFIC after concerns were raised about their financial management and governance.

Malek Fahd gave the AFIC millions of dollars in management fees and consistently failed to comply with basic financial and governance standards.

The other schools audited were the Islamic College of Brisbane, the Islamic College of Melbourne, the Islamic College of South Australia, the Islamic School of Canberra and Langford Islamic College, in Western Australia.

The Department of Education and Training said the Act requires all school authorities operating on a not-for-profit basis, to be 'fit and proper' and 'ensure that funding provided is used only for school education'.