Lecture bridges gap between Islam, teachers

by Mike Pankonien Staff Writer It can be a topic here in post 9/11 America; in a country made up mostly of Christians, knowledge of Islam can be hard to find from those who don’t follow the religion. So what better way to address the issues that spawn from a lack of information than to have an actual scholar of Islam speak on them? On May 11th, a speaker from the Islamic Center of Irving came to speak to an audience of teachers in the library. “Teacher’s have to have 12 hours of professional development hours every year,” teacher Mrs. Caussey said. “It used to be we’d get these during the first week of thanksgiving…