Not surprised. They have been getting together for years, praying, singing, eathing and who knows what else - just one big happy cultie family.
Hmmm, I bet someone REALLY important, a huge tithe-payer, would get an honor like that.
Thoughts on Islam,” in Mormons and Muslims: Spiritual Foundations and Modern Manifestations
"The image of Islam in this country is completely dependent on our access to indigenous Islamic culture. An open exchange will reduce the crude inaccuracies and the crude images in the West of Muslim people and of nations. And the same is true of Mormons reaching out. BYU as a major institution of higher learning can invite students from all over the world to come here for a valid spiritual education and a valuable secular education. They can go back having preserved their traditions and their values, maintaining their sense of the sacred but having expanded it to include an understanding of Mormonism as well.