Iman University

Iman University ( _ar. Sunni] religious school in San‘a’, Yemen [http://www.jameataleman.org Arabic website] of Iman University] [http://www.jameataleman.org/english.htm English website] of Iman University] . It is not a university in Western sense of the word. Its name can also be rendered as al-Iman University or el-Eman University or in other ways. "Al-Iman" means "the Faith".

The founder and principal director of this organization is Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, who is classified by the US Treasury as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js1190.htm United States Designates bin Laden Loyalist] , United States Department of the Treasury] , and who is also under sanction by the United Nations [http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1267/tablelist.htm UN 1267 Committee banned entity list] ] as an affiliate of al-Qaeda. The Treasury statement mentions that some students at Iman University have been arrested for political and religious murders, that John Walker Lindh was once a student there, and that the school has upwards of 5,000 enrollees.

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