Camden's stance vindicated by court ruling that the application to build a 1200 student Muslim school on the outskirts of this country town, [where these students would be bused and cared there every day]from Sydney's western suburbs], and the appeal has been rejected by the Land and Environmental Court, as being in conflict with the area's rural zoning. The Quranic Society, which had applied to build the school [after it had bought the land] indicated that it will accept the decision now and sell the land. This little known group, regarded by many as very peaceful, yet the International Crisis Group[?] claims its members "reject any discussions on subjects they deem controversial, such as politics or jihad". This may be why locals claim TQS have barely shown their faces in town, have never asked the council for a forum [to discuss matters] and are as secretive as they were 18 months ago. Police were concerned that the site, on a busy intersection of a high speed road, could cause congestion and serious accidents. It has been claimed religious factors played little part in the rejection of the application or its appeal, however it is known that a coalition of Catholic and Protestant church leaders argued verhmently against the proposal. The local rural population, mainly of Anglo-Celtic origin, did likewise with many claiming that the school could become a breeding ground for terrorism. All this makes one wonder why a secular society should ever support any religious schools with funding as the tendency for exclusiveness and thus separation from mainstream society, is always accentuated and away from inclusion and integration in the social and economic life of a nation? Regards, Kasey