Seminary Plans to Offer Muslim Studies Degree Southwestern Baptist Seminary to offer a master's degree to the Muslim population.
Officials call it a natural progression.
Seminary officials say the new program is not an effort to proselytize Muslims but rather an attempt to eliminate miseducation and stereotypes. The degree is a natural progression because Islam is the largest religion in the world, said Samuel Shahid, professor of Islamic studies and program director for the new degree. Still, some Muslims might convert to Christianity, Shahid said. We cannot convert people. It is up to the world to accept it or reject it.