Muslim Students Connect With Society
--Intent on building bridges and washing away misconceptions, Muslim students at the Minnesota University are organizing an "Islam Awareness Week" of lectures, seminars and workshops.
"We just want to connect with people," co-organizer Alia El Bakri, Vice President of the Al-Madinah Cultural Center, which serves Muslims on campus, told the local Minnesota Daily on Tuesday, April 3.
"We're regular students just like anyone else," she said.
Bakri hoped the awareness event, which runs until April 6, would help reach out to non-Muslim students on campus.
The week features a variety of lecture son such issues as social security and human rights to all citizens living under Islam, the relation between science and religion as well as Islamophobia.
Al-Madinah Cultural Center is a non-profit student organization that aims to create a better understanding and appreciation for the diverse culture of Islam through educational, social, and community activities on campus.
Muslims in Minnesota are estimated at 30,000 out of about six to seven million Muslims in the US.
Five years after the terrorist 9/11 attacks, many American Muslims complain that they continue to face discrimination and stereotyping because of their Islamic attires or identities.
IslamOnline
"We're regular students just like anyone else," she said.
Bakri hoped the awareness event, which runs until April 6, would help reach out to non-Muslim students on campus.
The week features a variety of lecture son such issues as social security and human rights to all citizens living under Islam, the relation between science and religion as well as Islamophobia.
Al-Madinah Cultural Center is a non-profit student organization that aims to create a better understanding and appreciation for the diverse culture of Islam through educational, social, and community activities on campus.
Muslims in Minnesota are estimated at 30,000 out of about six to seven million Muslims in the US.
Five years after the terrorist 9/11 attacks, many American Muslims complain that they continue to face discrimination and stereotyping because of their Islamic attires or identities.
IslamOnline
