Abstract
I need to begin with a confession. I was born in a Catholic missionary hospital in Pakistan, St. Raphael’s, brought into the world at the hands of a nun, Sr. Elizabeth. Almost 50 years later, I find myself teaching at a Catholic university. Holy Mother Church has a way of bringing us all back to her. In order to talk about the future, I need to say a few things about the past. I was born into a Sunni Muslim family in Pakistan. As a child, I received rudimentary instruction in Islam from my family. However, at the age of four, we emigrated from Pakistan to Canada. As a result, I received no formal instruction or education in my religion until I was an adolescent. Had I stayed in Pakistan, I would have learned these things (instruction in Urdu and Arabic, reading the Qur’an, etc.) in elementary school.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Islam at Jesuit Colleges and Universities |
| Publisher | University of San Francisco Press |
| Pages | 59-73 |
| State | Published - 2016 |
Disciplines
- Catholic Studies
- Education
- Islamic Studies