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Mosque donates $1M for UC Islamic studies
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
A local mosque is donating $1 million to the University of
Cincinnati to increase understanding of the Islamic religion amid concerns
about Islamophobia.
UC is adding a titled professorship in Islamic studies,
thanks to the gift from the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati. Money
originates from Inayat Malik and his wife, Ishrat Malik.
Dr. Inayat Malik is a retired urologist and former 18-year
board chair of the Islamic Center. He came from Pakistan in 1967 to specialize
in urology at UC Medical Center and was a member of the UC College of Medicine
clinical faculty for 20 years.
UC’s College of Arts and Sciences will begin a formal search
for a top scholar with an international reputation to fill the chair. In the
spring, before undertaking the search, the college plans to invite other
Islamic studies scholars as a way to learn more about the field and spread the
word of its larger commitment, said Dean Kenneth Petren.
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