If enough peopl would study that cult of hate and death we would soon get it banned along with its followers from the entire western world. Leave it to the sandiggers.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > > Imam Zaid Shakir has high hopes for Islamic scholarship in America > --- > that's fine, as long as our tax dollars aren't given > > remember the separation of state and church thing? > > On Oct 2, 10:56 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Islamic college? That’s an oxymoron for morons. > > > > Berkeley, home of nuts and fruitcakes, is certainly the appropriate > locale. > > > > B > > > > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254393080295&pagename=JPo... > > > > Updated Oct 2, 2009 7:24 > > Scholars plan first US Islamic college in Berkeley > > > > By E.B. SOLOMONT, JPOST CORRESPONDENT IN NEW YORK <[email protected]> > > > > Imam Zaid Shakir has high hopes for Islamic scholarship in America - > > aspirations that include the first accredited four-year Islamic college > in > > the United States. > > > > Having gained momentum - and funds - in the past year, Shakir and a group > of > > American Muslims and scholars are now hoping to open the planned Zaytuna > > College next fall in Berkeley, California. > > > > "Our goal is to attract top students," Shakir told *The Jerusalem Post*, > > describing a mission to provide a liberal arts education and training in > > Islamic scholarship. "Where Islam Meets America" is a working motto for > the > > school. > > > > Offering courses in Arabic language and Islamic theology, the college is > the > > brainchild of Shakir, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf and Dr. Hatem Bazian, and is > based > > on educational programs[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif]< > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254393080295&pagename=JPo.. > .>they > > have nurtured in the Bay Area over the past decade. In 1996, Yusuf > > created the Zaytuna Institute in San Francisco, which offers educational > > programs and language courses. Five years ago, Shakir created a pilot > > seminary program that informed the new college's legal and theological > > curriculum. > > > > According to its mission statement, the college "aims to educate and > prepare > > morally committed professional, intellectual and spiritual leaders who > are > > grounded in the Islamic scholarly tradition and conversant with the > cultural > > currents and critical ideas shaping modern society." > > > > The school plans to offer a course in Middle East politics at some point. > > But Shakir said the way the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif]< > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254393080295&pagename=JPo.. > .>was > > portrayed would be left to the discretion of individual professors. > > > > "What we would expect anyone teaching at the college to look at is the > full > > ramifications of the issue from all points of view and give a truthful > and > > insightful assessment of the situation, and also try to stimulate in the > > students [thoughts] as to how this particular dilemma could be resolved > in a > > judicious and equitable fashion," he said. > > > > So far, the school is planning two majors: Arabic language and Islamic > Legal > > and Theological Studies. Professors will be tapped from within the > Zaytuna > > Institute's current faculty, and Shakir said enrollment was open to men > and > > women of any racial or religious background. Asked if Jewish students > would > > be turned away, Shakir said, "Absolutely not," and noted that a Jewish > > student had been accepted into a language course offered last year by the > > Zaytuna Institute. > > > > "Every applicant will be considered on their merit," he said. > > > > The school's long-term goal is to become an interdisciplinary university, > > Shakir said. > > > > As part of an effort to raise funds for the school's endowment, Shakir > and > > Yusuf have been crisscrossing the country to present their goals for a > > school that hopes to succeed where other similar efforts have failed. > > > > "As a faith community, our needs aren't any different than the needs of > any > > other faith community," Shakir said at a conference in New Jersey > organized > > by the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals. "As Muslims, > we > > need to develop institutions to allow us to perpetuate our values." > > > > Reactions to the school have been largely positive, and the academics > behind > > it toe a moderate line. After meeting with former president George W. > > Bush[image:http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif]< > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254393080295&pagename=JPo.. > .>post-9/11, > > Yusuf uttered the comment, now widely repeated, that "Islam was > > hijacked." > > > > The Zaytuna Institute has garnered support, too. > > > > "It is far and away the single most influential institution that's > shaping > > American Muslim thought," Omid Safi, an Islamic studies professor at the > > University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, told The Associated Press. "On > the > > one hand, they speak so much about being American. On the other hand, > they > > have also plugged these American Muslim students into the global Muslim > > curriculum, [which] has all the rigor of traditional Islamic > scholarship." > > > > But the AP reported that some detractors didn't support the premise of > the > > college. > > > > "I don't know that I would send my child to go to a college where they > can > > only learn tradition. Young people have to live," said Mahmoud Ayoub, a > > retired professor of Islamic studies at Temple University who has worked > > with the US State Department, representing America in the Muslim world. > "I > > like mixing people. I don't like ghettos." > > > > But Shakir said the world needed credible and effective Muslim voices. > > > > "Who will talk for the religion?" he said. "We have to train a > generation." > > > > image001.gif > > < 1KViewDownload > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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