The Prayer Center of Orland Park (OPPC), Illinois, recently declared the establishment of an Islamic university at its premises, the Universal Islamic College of Chicago (UICC) that  will provide “higher Islamic education to the American Muslim community as well as serve as a seminary that would prepare imams for mosques” in North America. The foundation of this four-year university is a joint effort between the OPPC and the Universal School in Bridgeview, Illinois. The identities of the founders and faculty of the university are deeply concerning and suggest the seminary will be promoting an Islamist ideology to Muslim students in Illinois and throughout the United States. In the video announcing the college’s founding, Universal School is represented by its Superintendent Safaa Zarzour. Zarzour has extensive ties to Islamist groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, including serving as a board member and president of the Chicago chapter...(Read Full Article)