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Islamic College U.S. Debut
Campus Report ^ | May 21, 2009 | Deborah Lambert

Posted on 05/21/2009 10:24:36 AM PDT by bs9021

Islamic College U.S. Debut

by: Deborah Lambert, May 21, 2009

Two American Muslim scholars are prepared to launch the “first four-year accredited Islamic college in the U.S., what some are calling a ‘Muslim Georgetown.’” FoxNews.com reported that American-born Muslim converts Imam Zaid Shakir and Sheik Hamza Yusuf “have spent years planning the school, which will offer a liberal arts education and training in Islamic scholarship.”

The foundation for the college is the Berkeley-based Zaytuna Institute founded in 1996 to promote “classical Muslim scholarship.”...

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: hamzayusuf; islam; wot; zaidshakir

1 posted on 05/21/2009 10:24:36 AM PDT by bs9021
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To: bs9021

What could possibly go wrong?


2 posted on 05/21/2009 10:26:15 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: bs9021

whoopee! Just what we need.


3 posted on 05/21/2009 10:28:34 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
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To: bs9021

I wonder if the CIS cirriculum offers an MS Office Suite course that coincidentally includes MS Flight Simulator?


4 posted on 05/21/2009 10:30:20 AM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: bs9021

No doubt Barry Soetero will give the first commencement speach.


5 posted on 05/21/2009 10:35:37 AM PDT by Made In The USA (BO stinks.)
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To: bs9021
...."classical Muslim scholarship"....


6 posted on 05/21/2009 10:53:49 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance...)
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To: B.O. Plenty
I think we have had all the classic Islamic scholarship we can stand. Thank you.
7 posted on 05/21/2009 10:57:54 AM PDT by auntyfemenist (Fetch the royal iPod..)
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To: bs9021

What will they teach there beside Islam, sharia-law, hatred against the west and perhaps even exploding oneself in a crowded mall.

America you are truly stuck on stupid—I must assume that 9/11/01 was only a “misunderstanding’ between Islam and this country.


8 posted on 05/21/2009 11:02:33 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: bs9021

WHAT kind of uniforms do their cheerleader girls have?


9 posted on 05/21/2009 11:12:32 AM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: bs9021

I’m sure the college will NOT teach anti-Americanism, anti-Christianity, anti-capitalism.

Yeah right.


10 posted on 05/21/2009 11:38:34 AM PDT by rbosque (10 year Freeper!)
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To: Made In The USA

No doubt Barry Soetero will give the first commencement speach.

Entitled “Abortion on Demand”


11 posted on 05/21/2009 11:51:14 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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