Here’s a link to the December LA Times story (which appears to be the basis for all subsequent stories), published in the “Black Voices” affiliate of the LA Times:
Black College grad is a high-ranking Al Qaeda member: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man believed to be behind 9/11, hides in plain sight -- and narrowly escapes capture in Pakistan.
Not surprising that the subject of Black Muslims is not raised, but it does expose the reason why Arab Muslims attended a small Baptist college: Chowan waived the English proficiency requirement. They would start there, gain some basic English, and move on to A&T.
If JJ is A&T’s most illustrious graduate, you’d have to seriously question their academic standards.
The English equivalency waiver made Chowan a conduit for Arab and Pakistani students. The president of Chowan said in recent TV interviews that he was promoting “international understanding,” but it's more likely that they, like many other small colleges, were/are more motivated by the financial windfall of paid-in-advance cash tuitions that foreign students offer -- whether they attend class or not.
Bingo.
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ANGELA P. SWINSO, Staff Writer News & Record (Greensboro, NC) TRIAD/STATE, Pg. BH2 May 17, 1994, Tuesday, HIGH POINT EDITION GREENSBORO Some N.C. A&T State University students wanted a black studies program. They fought for it, and eventually, it was approved. UNCG student Sammy X Webb wanted to hear Khalid Muhammed speak. The university wouldn't pay for it, so he paid for it himself.
"In a political system, if you go to the people and they can't do it, you have to do it yourself," said Webb. He financed Muhammed's February visit to UNCG through a private company he formed called the Black Endowment Fund Promotions.
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"A campus is supposed to represent diversity. I'm a black Muslim. Why can't someone that represents my interest speak on campus?" William Buster, a junior history education major at A&T and a member of the History Club that spearheaded a successful battle for a mandatory black studies program, said sometimes students need to stand up for what's best for them, and not wait for university officials to make decisions. "I honestly feel that the administration does not have the black student's best interest at heart," said Buster, who was also a part of a group that approached chancellors from five predominantly black schools with concerns about last year's $ 310 million state universities improvement bond referendum. "I feel in a way that they have come to the idea that black universities have outlived their usefulness." But Willie Muhammed, a 1969 graduate of A&T, said although students have been taking stands on issues for years, things are a little different in the '90s. "The condition that they are found in today, somebody had to take a stand to put them in that condition," Muhammed said. Though he said he's pleased to see students make a difference, there should be more participation among students. "All of the governing organizations on campus should have one purpose, one plan and one voice." |
No....the majority of students are Christian. Muslims are the minority. We have students from all around the world and from different religions and backgrounds. A few happen to be Muslim.