BYU-Hawaii gets first non-Mormon student president

Brigham Young University-Hawaii has its first non-Mormon student body president — and he’s a Muslim. Mustapha El Akkari, the Lebanese-born student who came to the Mormon-owned school three years ago on a full-ride basketball scholarship, takes office this week, according to an article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

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