Islamic Studies at UCLA Going Out of Business?

UCLA's ongoing suspension of admissions to Islamic studies worries students: Admissions were frozen in 2007, pending a reorganization. But that hasn't happened, and students fear that the program could simply be allowed to die.

Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2010

For two years, admissions to UCLA's small Islamic studies program have been frozen, pending a reorganization.

Now, students say they fear that the program, among the oldest in the country focused on a scholarly study of Islam, could be shut down.

On Friday, several dozen students rallied to support it, gathering outside a meeting of a faculty panel considering recommendations aimed at ending the admissions suspension. The students, mostly members of the Muslim Student Assn., had walked across campus chanting slogans and carrying signs that read, "Scared of Islam? Learn about it." ...

Full article at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla-islamic-20101025,0,6924912.story