Student Brothers Encounter Islam Firsthand
In the summer of 2009 two of our student brothers joined 16 other Dominican friars from around the world as guests of the Institute Dominican d’études Orientales (IDEO). The goal of this program was to learn about the mission of IDEO, review some of their academic research, and encounter Islam in a predominately Islamic country. Read the reflections of this young friar’s journey to a very different, but exciting world.
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