[6] According to Faheem Kazimi, the chairperson of the IEC, it is a Houston-area school that runs on tuition fees that comes from the students ranging to $5000.

The federal government did not file any allegations of wrongdoing of workers and worshipers at the IEC mosque.

Houston-area Shia Muslims criticized the federal government's actions.

[8] As the federal lawsuit unfolded, the Islamic school continued to operate.

About 25% of the students were Sunni, and two families sending children to the school were not Muslim.