Cordoba University

39°2′56.8″N 77°26′17.2″W / 39.049111°N 77.438111°W / 39.049111; -77.438111

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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^ Kurata, Phillip (February 4, 2008). "Bangladeshi American Is First Muslim Chaplain in Marine Corps". America.gov. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
^ Broadway, Bill (July 3, 2004), "In Brief: Islamic School Joins Area Religious Group", The Washington Post, p. B09, retrieved January 26, 2010^{[dead link‍]}

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

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v t e Washington Theological Consortium
Members	Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius The Catholic University of America School of Theology and Religious Studies Howard University School of Divinity John Leland Center for Theological Studies Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies Reformed Theological Seminary–Washington D.C. Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University United Lutheran Seminary Virginia Theological Seminary Wesley Theological Seminary
Associate members	Paulist Fathers House of Mission and Studies Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
Affiliate members	Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies
Educational institution	Museum of the Bible

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