Zaytuna becomes first accredited Muslim college
Zaytuna College, a five-year-old institution in Berkeley, California, is now the first fully accredited Islamic university in America.
It was recognized in March by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an academic organization that oversees public and private colleges and universities in the United States.
The accreditation means that Zaytuna, which owns two buildings and has 50 students and a faculty of 15, is officially an institution of higher learning. It is only a few blocks from its esteemed neighbor, the University of California, Berkeley.
