Rap Sheet
Links on R&P from around the web
US Growth of Islam Creates Need for Religious Scholars
posted on November 5, 2019The Associated Press’ Jeff Karoub and Noreen Nasir report that new seminaries are opening to train imams and combat the shortage of Islamic religious leaders in the United States. American mosques struggle to find imams with both a strong theological background and a knowledge of American culture. Ali Bazzi, a seminary student, explained what she looks for in an imam: “I need to make sure he speaks the language, he’s knowledgeable, he’s respectful, he’s truly caring and he’s trying to adapt to the country we live in.”