Roman Catholic colleges have been “astonished and sometimes befuddled” by an influx of Muslim students in the last few years, according to today’s Washington Post. The article, citing UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute, says that last year Catholic colleges had a higher percentage of Muslim students than did the average four-year institution. Many Christian colleges, both Catholic and Protestant, have created prayer spaces and interfaith groups to welcome students of different faiths, including Muslims. Georgetown University, which is Jesuit, has had a full-time Muslim chaplain since 1999, according to the article, and Duke University, which is associated with the United Methodist Church, recently hired one.
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13 Responses to Catholic Colleges Struggle to Welcome Influx of Muslim Students, Report Says
tamoorhead - December 20, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Tim,
Interesting…
Tracey
nanovic - December 20, 2010 at 8:45 pm
I don’t understand the title’s reference to “struggle” at all. The Post article suggests that Catholic schools have been generally welcoming to Muslim students. This is not all that surprising since practicing Muslims may find that they have more in common with religious institutions than they have with secular ones.
az876cg - December 21, 2010 at 11:07 am
Value-centered institutions would be attractive to Muslim students? No surprise here.
11243402 - December 25, 2010 at 12:01 am
In Israel, Bar-Ilan University, the only officially religious Jewish institution, enrolls a higher percentage of Muslim women than any other Israeli university. Loyola University of Chicago has a sizeable enrollment of both Muslims and observant Jews. People of conservative religious persuasions tend to find religious institutions more respectful of their culture and values than highly secularized ones tend to be.
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