Light without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College,Used

Light without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College,Used

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The story of Americas first Muslim institution of higher education, Zaytuna CollegeIn the fall of 2010, antiMuslim furor in the United States reached a breaking point, capping a decade in which such sentiment had surged. Loud, angry crowds gathered near New Yorks Ground Zero to protest plans to build an Islamic cultural center, while a smalltime Florida minister appeared on national television almost nightly promising to celebrate the anniversary of 9/11 with the burning of Korans. At the same time, fifteen devout Muslims quietly gathered in a basement in Berkeley, California, to execute a plan that had been coming together for over a decade: to found Zaytuna College, Where Islam Meets America. It would be the nations first fouryear Muslim liberal arts college, its mission to establish a thoroughly American, academically rigorous, and traditional indigenous Islam.In Light without Fire, Scott Korb tells the story of the schools founders, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir, arguably the two most influential leaders in American Islam, rock stars who, tellingly, are little known outside their community. Korb also introduces us to Zaytunas students, young American Muslims of all stripes who admireindeed, lovetheir teachers in ways college students typically dont and whose stories, told for the first time, signal the future of Islam in this country.From a heady theology classroom to a vibrant storefront mosque, from the rundown streets Oakland to grand ballrooms echoing with Americas most powerful Muslim voices, Korb follows Zaytunas students and teachers as they find their place and their voice. He ultimately creates an intimate portrait of the school and provides a new introduction to Islam as it is being lived and reenvisioned in America. Its no exaggeration to say that here, at Zaytuna, are tomorrows Muslim leaders.

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