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Monday, September 03, 2012

Muslims From Abroad Are Thriving in Catholic Colleges

DAYTON, Ohio — Arriving from Kuwait to attend college here, Mai Alhamad wondered how Americans would receive a Muslim, especially one whose head scarf broadcasts her religious identity.

“Here, people are more religious, even if they’re not Muslim, and I am comfortable with that,” said Ms. Alhamad, an undergraduate in civil engineering, as several other Muslim women gathered in the student center nodded in agreement. “I’m more comfortable talking to a Christian than an atheist.”
A decade ago, the University of Dayton, with 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students, had just 12 from predominantly Muslim countries, all of them men, said Amy Anderson, the director of the school’s Center for International Programs. Last year, she said, there were 78, and about one-third of them were women.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Affirmative Action at it's best. Shameful. This country won't even educate their own.

lmclain said...

How ironic that she enjoys such comfortable freedom. Compare HER treatment with the treatment of Christians in HER country. The religion of peace KILLS Christians, especially ones who wear symbols (like a crucifix). Being a Christian in a muslim country is taking your life in your hands, which is a point she (and her tolerant, peaceful religion) fails to mention.