Local story with a small ray of hope. Greg Mortensen (Three Cups of Tea) lives in Bozeman, so we get stories like this from time to time.
------ Fifteen-year-old Muhammad Saad Iqbal, a Muslim from Islamabad, Pakistan, is studying Christianity at Mount Ellis Academy in Bozeman. Before he came to Montana, he had no idea there were so many similarities between the Bible and the Koran. Moses is Musa. Joseph is Yoesuf. Noah is Nuh. "I never knew there were so many similar stories," Saad said. "It's pretty cool." But Saad isn't converting. Nor is anyone asking him to. He is among some 600 teenagers from 23 predominantly Muslim countries who come to live, study and volunteer in the United States each year through the Youth Exchange and Study Program, a high school exchange program authorized by Congress in the aftermath of Sept. 11. "This is really person-to-person diplomacy at the grassroots level," said Barbara Bancel, a consultant for the Center for Cultural Interchange, which is facilitating the YES program in Bozeman. "These are kids that are required to return to their home country and use their training and their experience there for the advantage of their country." http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_a3fb5832-2b10-11df-b8c4-00 1cc4c03286.html
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