 The Catholic University of America has welcomed a growing number of Muslim students in recent years. It is not just Catholics who feel at home there. Being in a religious environment where religion is practiced, it makes it more understandable and easier to practice the religion itself. Al-Shabnan is a Muslim from Saudi Arabia. She likes Catholic University because of its conservative values. Family values, I guess the nuclear family, pro-life, the position of the school on those issues go along with my position as well. Christine Micah heads the university's admissions office. While they may not be Catholic, there is a sense of security and safety of practicing your faith on campus here. Weam Al-Salmi came to Catholic University from a university with no religious ties. She says faith is a way of life here. The environment here is also religious and the teaching that they teach here is similar to the teaching that I grew up with and so going to pray, that's nothing out of the ordinary for them and so they understand. In a five-year period, the number of Muslim students more than doubled from 41 to 91. Most were from Saudi Arabia. We attribute that a lot to our connection with the Saudi embassy here in Washington, D.C. and there has been a conscious effort to develop a good relationship with the embassy. Tannath Fowler-Corsi is Catholic University's assistant vice president for global education. Kenny White, a Catholic, says seeing his friend pray has strengthened his own beliefs. It's inspired me. I mean he's a very faithful Muslim and very devout and that inspires me to be even more devout in my faith. I'm Christopher Cruz.