However, problems arose including neighbors hearing gunfire on the property and numerous building and safety code violations.
[3] Local authorities began a probe into Gateway schools, assessing that they were deeply in debt, failed to keep adequate records and allowed the teaching of religion in two of its 11 branches.
[1] Balaullah came under even more scrutiny when a 20-year old resident shot and killed a Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy investigating a burglary call.
[5] The September 11 attacks occurred shortly after the shooting of the Sheriff's Deputy and ignited even more scrutiny of Muslim organizations in the United States.
Another Baladullah resident, James Hobson, was arrested in 2001 at the Gateway Academy in Fresno for his part in smuggling guns between South Carolina and New York.