KOCHI: Kerala Police is investigating a school of terror suspected of launching jihadis to join Islamic State (IS) in Syria from Kerala. When they raided the Peace International School here after receiving a tip-off about a Malayali IS fighter from the city, they were taken aback by the textbooks. Questions read, “Will you give your life for Islam?” “How to treat with non-Muslims?” A case has been registered against the school, which is run by the Peace Education Foundation. The curriculum doesn’t believe in teaching on India. It avoids Biology as “unnecessary”. “Islamic Study is the main subject in the classes from standard I to VIII,” said a police officer.
“We suspect that more persons working with the school were planning to join IS. All those missing from Kerala who joined IS were connected—directly or indirectly—with Peace International School. At present, there are 11 teachers alone for Islamic Study subjects, who hail from Bihar,” pointed out the officer.
The police retrieved several strategic maps of Tehran from a school computer. They had been informed about the link between the school and a student, Merin Jacob, who the police suspect of fleeing to Syria. Many missing Malayalis travelled to Iran and crossed the Afghan border before joining IS.