September 21, 2009
Why Start a Muslim College?
Sheik Hamza Yusuf has made up a word to describe the kind of education he wants future students to gain at Zaytuna College. The word is "acadevotional," and he uses it to convey the college's goal: "We want academic rigor within a devotional context."
Creating institutions of higher education is part of what religious groups do as they integrate into American life. While there have been several other attempts to open a Muslim college over the years, none have taken
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