Zaytuna College

Muslim, Jewish college presidents focus on common goals with Christian educators

By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Zaytuna College and Yeshiva University, like their Christian counterparts, aim to reinforce their religious traditions to a younger generation as they educate them in fields ranging from liberal arts to law, their presidents said.

Muslim #MeToo isn’t just a man problem. It’s also a male-led theology problem

By Dilshad Ali — October 26, 2018
(RNS) — Muslim women are no longer going to be patient with the default male-led scholarship on gendered violence and sexual trauma within an Islamic framework.

First Muslim college in US buys Lutheran seminary campus in Berkeley

By Yonat Shimron — September 25, 2017
(RNS) — Berkeley's Zaytuna College will move into Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary's old campus in January.

Zaytuna College recognized as first accredited Muslim college in the US

By Kimberly Winston — March 18, 2015
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) Zaytuna -- the Arabic word for the olive tree -- remains unique among American colleges and universities. It requires students to learn Arabic so they can study Islamic texts, including the Quran, in their original language.
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