New U.S. Muslim Seminary Seeks To Train Moderate American Clergy

Today's New York Times features a long story about two American Muslims intellectuals, Sheik Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir, who have founded the Zaytuna Institute -- a seminary in Hayward, California to train Islamic clergy. The school aims to train a new generation of imams and scholars who will reconcile Islam with American culture. Its founders say that Islam must be rescued from extremists who selectively cite Islamic scripture to justify terrorism.