zaytun education services
London
In 2009, Zaytuna College was founded in Berkeley, CA, 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. Today, we welcome
students from across the world to both our BA and MA programs. Our BA program is
in liberal arts and Islamic studies, providing students with a foundation in the
intellectual heritage of two major world civilizations: the Islamic and the
Western. For our MA program we offer two tracks in Islamic texts: Islamic
theology and philosophy or Islamic law and legal theory. This program aims to
provide students with higher-level access to the Islamic tradition through a
guided course of study in Islam’s primary sources. At Zaytuna College, we have
set out to do our best at restoring the broad-based, holistic tradition of what
in the West was called the liberal arts and in the Muslim civilization was known
as comprehensive studies. These civilizations share common aims: to think deeply
and systematically about the world (creation), to ponder its ultimate source and
purpose (Creator), and to live ethically in the course of our individual and
collective lives (spirituality and politics). Ultimately, the purpose of
education from an Islamic perspective—and for Zaytuna College—is to aid students
in their own pursuit and discovery, inculcating the love of beauty, truth, and
goodness in a human being.
