FLORIDA
New Times

By Kyle Swenson Wed., Oct. 29 2014

New details are shaking out over the alleged off-limits activities of one Broward private school teacher and his students. Last week, Pembroke Pines Police announced they were looking for Tariq Ahmad, a teacher and head of school at the Nur-Ul-Islam Academy in Cooper City. The 35-year-old is facing sex-crimes-related charges stemming from alleged abusive relationships with students in the late 2000s.

Reports of the police search were followed by news of a lawsuit claiming a cover-up at the school.
Right now, a manhunt is on for Ahmad. But what hasn’t been reported until now is that before the teacher’s tenure at Nur-Ul-Islam Academy, Ahmad worked for the Broward County Public School District.

Nur-Ul-Islam Academy is a kindergarten-through-12-grade college prep school with around 335 students. The facility boasts a “complete education that emphasizes excellence in academics and Islamic morals…