__NOTOC__ Cordoba University is a defunct Islamic

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formerly located in Ashburn,

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. 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

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program for training Muslim

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s which produced the

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' first Muslim chaplain. GSISS is an affiliate member of the

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References

''At a Hartford Seminary, a Military Matter'' by Tim Townsend, The New York Times, October 12, 2003

External links

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