Six-year-old Aliyah Saleem attended Deobandi Arabic-led madrasas before entering an Islamic girls' private boarding school when she reached her eleventh year of life.
From age 6 to 11 she attended Deobandi Arabic-led madrasas, where she learnt the Arabic language and was taught Salafi Islam. When she was 11 years old, Saleem entered the Islamic girls' private boarding school Jamia Al-Hudaa in Nottingham. 
