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BYU-Hawaii student prez: Mormons made me a better Muslim | The Salt Lake Tribune

April 29, 2012 islamoyankee

BYU-Hawaii student prez: Mormons made me a better Muslim | The Salt Lake Tribune.

A Muslim, El Akkari has just become the first non-Mormon student-body president in the 57-year history of Brigham Young University-Hawaii.

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