Issues in Islam: School of Islamic and Social Sciences Completing First Year of Courses in U.S. From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright American Educational Trust Jul 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Issues in Islam: School of Islamic and Social Sciences Completing First Year of Courses in U.S.

From the time of Prophet Mohammed, whenever Muslims migrated from one area to another the first institution they established was the mosque. Next came the school, or madresa. This sequence indicates the reverence attached to faith and learning in Islam.

Since the major inflow of Muslims into the United States that began in the 1960s, Muslims have set up more than 1,200 mosques and community centers across America. Many of these have established weekend schools to impart religious instruction to ...

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