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Cordoba University is a defunct Islamic university formerly located in Ashburn, Virginia, United States. The university was made up of the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS) and Cordoba School of Professional Studies. GSISS was part of a United States Department of Defense program for training Muslim military chaplains which produced the United States Marine Corps' first Muslim chaplain.[1]
GSISS is an affiliate member of the Washington Theological Consortium.[2]
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edit- ^ Kurata, Phillip (4 February 2008). "Bangladeshi American Is First Muslim Chaplain in Marine Corps". America.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ Broadway, Bill (3 July 2004), "In Brief: Islamic School Joins Area Religious Group", The Washington Post, p. B09, retrieved 26 January 2010[dead link]
At a Hartford Seminary, a Military Matter by Tim Townsend, The New York Times, October 12, 2003
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