A nondenominational Christian school, the Academia charges $ 7,100 a year and occupies a soot - stained storefront between a halal meat shop and an evening wear boutique on a busy stretch of Georgia Avenue NW near the Maryland line.
Animal rights activists see the Muslim and Jewish slaughter methods as unnecessary cruelty and calls to ban this kind of butchering have grown in Europe in recent years as halalmeat has become increasingly available in shops and restaurants.