Minnesota course counters Islam misconceptions

In an effort to counter misconceptions about the faith, Presentation College in South Dakota, Minnesota, will offer a course on Islam that aims to bust any myths about the religion through upcoming debates.

 

 

In an effort to counter misconceptions about the faith, Presentation College in South Dakota, Minnesota, will offer a course on Islam that aims to bust any myths about the religion through upcoming debates.

“Because of the amount of misunderstanding about Islam and Muslims that we see in our culture and our world today, education becomes especially important as a way of nurturing not only accurate knowledge of what Islam is, but also as a means of fostering worthwhile, meaningful and civil dialogue,” John Anderson, the professor who will teach the course, told ABC News.

The new course is offered by the humanities department which usually offers brief but insightful lectures on the many different faiths around the world.

The idea of the course came to challenge any falsehoods about the Islam and offer in-depth study about Muslims.