This is one of the lectures from ISNA 2009. I was in this lecture, front row.

Where Islam Meets America Building Muslim Institutions of Higher Learning

Islam has never become rooted in a particular land until that land began producing its own religious scholars. Yet, there are no accredited institutions capable of training students in the varied sciences of Islam, while also instilling in them a sophisticated understanding of the intellectual history and culture of the west. This session will further explore how there is a need for Muslim institutions that can join Islam’s classical texts with contemporary context.

Shout out to Naasir Bakhsh for the upload