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2010-07-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

Founders, students defend Islamic college in Berkeley

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Posted by ryuge 2010-07-19 06:56|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 At Berkeley? I guess they can learn to smoke pot.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-07-19 07:44|| 2010-07-19 07:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's examine the place and the staff for the quality of scholarship -- course descriptions, research, publications, the usual metrics. Compare it to the more prestigious centers of Islamic studies at various universities around the country. See here for a list.

Or is this meant to be a madrassah for adults to spend a year or several memorizing Quran, hadiths, and sunna, before competing with imams supplied by Pakistan, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-19 11:47|| 2010-07-19 11:47|| Front Page Top

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