Cordoba University

{{Short description|Islamic university in Virginia, United States}}

{{About|the university located in Ashburn, Virginia|similarly named institutions|University of Cordoba (disambiguation){{!}}University of Cordoba}}

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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.{{cite web | author=Kurata, Phillip | title=Bangladeshi American Is First Muslim Chaplain in Marine Corps | url=http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2008/February/20080204123903cpataruk0.6934015.html | date=4 February 2008 | accessdate=26 January 2010 | publisher=America.gov | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209053719/http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2008/February/20080204123903cpataruk0.6934015.html | archive-date=2010-02-09 | url-status=dead }}

GSISS is an affiliate member of the Washington Theological Consortium.{{citation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24742-2004Jul2|title=In Brief: Islamic School Joins Area Religious Group|first=Bill|last=Broadway|work=The Washington Post|date=3 July 2004|accessdate=26 January 2010|page=B09}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}