First Muslim college in the US
With only a dozen students for now, Zaytuna College in California hopes to integrate Islamic and western education.
Published On 4 Feb 2013
A Muslim college in the United States is the first of its kind, which mission is to join Islamic scholarship with the Western academic emphasis on free inquiry and developing critical intellectual capacities.
Zaytuna College in Berkeley California is a fledgling institution with only 31 students, operating out of space rented from a Baptist seminary.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports from California.