Big news this week about the subject of my book Light without Fire. After a process that takes years, Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, has just been recognized as the first accreditied Muslim college in the United States. The school’s president, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, made this statement after recieving the good news:

“Five years ago, we introduced an undergraduate liberal arts program inspired by the idea of restoring the holistic education that had been offered in the great teaching centers of Islamic civilization. Today, Zaytuna’s accreditation roots this vision in a reality recognized within American higher education. It gives our community its first accredited academic address in the United States. And we hope, God willing, that there will be more such Muslim colleges and universities to come.”

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations.