• About
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    In 2009, Zaytuna College was founded in Berkeley, California, with a mission that called for grounding students in the Islamic scholarly tradition as well as in the cultural currents and critical ideas shaping modern society.

  • Academics
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    As a Muslim liberal arts college in the West, Zaytuna offers a curriculum that provides its students with a foundation in the intellectual heritage of two major world civilizations: the Islamic and the Western.

  • Admissions & Aid
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    Our mission is to educate students to become morally, intellectually, and spiritually accomplished individuals ready to contribute to our contemporary world in ways that are proportionate to their gifts and to the needs of human society.

  • Campus Life
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    Zaytuna’s campus is on Holy Hill and students enter the College as part of a cohort, a community of learners that travel together through the curriculum.

Features

Restoring a Lost Tradition

At Zaytuna College, we have set out to do our best at restoring the broad-based, holistic tradition of w…

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Dr. Abdullah Ali's Journey to Zaytuna College

Dr. Abdullah Ali's “Make sure that you further your studies. Maintain a very healthy humility toward…

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Dr. Cindy Ausec, A Lifelong Learner

Dr. Cindy Ausec “Don’t be upset if God doesn’t give you what you ask for, because what H…

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Zaytuna and Hartford Renew Accelerated BA/MA Pathway

September 2021—Zaytuna College and Hartford International University (formerly Hartford Seminary) ar…

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The Zaytuna Garden: Cultivating Virtue

“We’re on the same latitude as Madina al-Zahra in Al-Andalus,” says Imam Dawood Yasin, D…

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Fighting the Dangers of False Pride

Imam Muslim reports in his Sahih that the Messenger of God—God’s blessing and peace on him&mda…

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The Miracle of the Qur‘an

Read the Miracle of the Qur'an

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Dr. Youssef Ismail: Move At the Speed of Time

Dr. Youssef Ismail “Don’t try to rush things and don’t lag behind. Realize that every mo…

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Witnessing God's Care: Bee Hives at the Zaytuna Garden

We met with Imam Dawood Yasin, director of student life and the Zaytuna Center for Ethical Living and Lear…

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