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Converts Plan Islamic College in Berkeley

Renown converts lead effort to reinterpret Islam

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jun 3, 2009 3:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Two superstars of American Islam are at the helm of what they hope will be the nation’s first accredited Islamic college, tasked with creating scholars who can usher a religious renewal. Hamza Yusuf and Zaid Shakir, both converts, aim to admit Zaytuna College’s... Read full story »

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