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  “Zaytuna College is a unique institution in Islamic higher education in America and is the fruit of a pioneering effort to create an authentic Islamic education institution in this country. Moreover, it is devoted to the liberal arts, which lie at the heart of education on the university level. Its success in the goal it has set before itself marks a very important step in the preservation of Islamic thought and culture in the context of American society.”

  Seyyed Hossein Nasr
  University Professor of Islamic Studies
  The George Washington University

  A Brief History

  Zaytuna College, the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States, began in 1996 as Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, California, co-founded by Hamza Yusuf and Hesham Alalusi. During its early years in the San Francisco Bay Area, the institute, through its educational programs, publications, and productions, established an international reputation for its efforts to help revive Islam’s educational and intellectual legacy and to popularize traditional learning among Western Muslims.
  
  In 2004, noting the paucity of religious leaders with the cultural literacy to tend to the spiritual and pastoral needs of American Muslims, Zaytuna Institute launched a pilot seminary program. Under the guidance of Zaid Shakir, the program trained and graduated five students in 2008. After the culmination of the pilot program, the Board of Directors of Zaytuna Institute (later renamed the Board of Trustees of Zaytuna College) guided the organization through a seismic transition, with the goal of establishing an accredited Muslim institution of higher education in the United States.
  
  In 2009, Zaytuna College was launched in Berkeley, California, by Hatem Bazian, Zaid Shakir, and Hamza Yusuf. The Summer Arabic Intensive, a two-month, residential language course, was its first academic program. Subsequently, the undergraduate program welcomed its inaugural freshman class for the Fall 2010 semester.
  
  In the ensuing years, Zaytuna College continued to refine its academic identity, rooting itself firmly in the American liberal arts tradition. By 2012, it also secured a flagship building for its permanent campus atop Berkeley’s famed “Holy Hill,” an academic neighborhood named for the host of religious colleges that have made their homes there. Zaytuna College expects to confer its first undergraduate degrees to its initial cohort of students in Spring 2014.
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VIDEOS Zaytuna College Commencement Watch recording of Zaytuna College's 2014 commencement » Learn More An Auspicious Event for an Auspicious Month Hamza Yusuf: "We have acquired a beautiful new building." » Learn More PHOTOS Zaytuna College Campus Window View photos   The real end of a liberal arts education, is the formation of a healthy human being - body and mind, heart and soul.

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EMPLOYMENT Development Associate Zaytuna College seeks a Development Associate Read More Accounting Manager / Assistant Controller Zaytuna College seeks an Accounting Manager/Assistant Controller Read More Fundraising Event Manager Zaytuna College seeks a Fundraising Event Manager Read More Vice President of Development We are currently seeking a Vice President of Development who will work with the college President and the V.P. of Administration and Finance to build on our fundraising success and create a strong financial foundation for continued growth. Read More Volunteers For Marketing Zaytuna College is currently recruiting qualified volunteers to assist with digital marketing. Read More The Islamophobia Studies Journal is a bi-annual publication that focuses on the critical analysis of Islamophobia and its multiple manifestations in our contemporary moment. Read More

About | Employment | Gifts & Donations | Contact | Privacy Policy © 2014 Zaytuna College. All Rights Reserved. Bedros Hajian commented on this. Bedros Hajian 19 hrs · Edited · Here is the voice of sick virgin maybe he needed to go to Syria at list when he died he would see 72 virgins. On side not he is under mind control pay attention to his eyes Elliot Rodger's Retribution Elliot Rodger's Retribution youtube.com Like · · Share 2 people like this. Ghyslaine Roc "at list when he died he would see 72 virgins"? What's the connexion? 19 hours ago · Like Minas Fournouzian This Crazy Guy Was Sick , He killed Innocent people , may the Lord Comfort the Families . 19 hours ago · Like · 3 Asdghig Ajamian Its not viewable 18 hours ago · Like Harout Kendirian Harsh 18 hours ago · Like Mayr Anahit http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4fd_1400921453 LiveLeak.com - Shootings www.liveleak.com Isla 17 hours ago · Like Mark Dankof A clinical case of demon possession. 14 hours ago · Like · 3 Bedros Hajian Yes Mark DankofSee Translation 13 hours ago · Like · 1 Mark Markarian I heard his father is Jewish, but not sure yet. 13 hours ago · Like Mayr Anahit Elliot is believed to be the son of Hollywood Director Peter Rodger 13 hours ago · Like Bedros Hajian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQUW3Km01BM 10 hrs · Like Ghyslaine Roc Mark Markarian "I heard his father is Jewish..." One thing is sure, if the video contents are genuine, his moral education is totally lacking. This guy seems to be a unique case in the entire world. A virgin complaining that he is a virgin and condemned to be one for eternity, is simply pathetic. Why Bedros introduces such characters without giving us at least a brief summary of who he really is baffles me. It seems that Bedros is just another facebook addict with litle substance. As far as he was fighting for the "Armenian" and other causes I had some sympathy for him, but it seems he has a big problem. When Mark Dankof says the young man is "A clinical case of demon possession", he is assuming that he knows about the case. I don't. Not at all. If the case is genuine it should tell us a lot about who is running this world. Bedros has still not answered my question about the reason why he connected this matter to "Armenia" and his "72 virgins Muslims"! Receiving no answer from Bedros the question I am asking myself: Has Bedros too joined the "Islamophobic" RACIST army of Islam and Muslim haters? The Islamophobia Studies Journal is a bi-annual publication that focuses on the critical analysis of Islamophobia and its multiple manifestations in our contemporary moment. Read More http://www.zaytuna.org/ Regards Ghyslaine ZAYTUNA COLLEGE | Home www.zaytuna.org Zaytuna College aims to train future generations of religious leaders, and give birth to a new age of professionals, scholars, and visionaries who are grounded in the Islamic scholarly tradition and conversant with the social, cultural, and intellectual currents shaping modern societies.