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August 9 Archives Spring 2000 [news]
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December 3 (Monday) - please read
the following article
November 29 (Thursday) - Today's was the day many on campus fasted as Muslims do in the month of Ramadan. Their doing so raised $450 of food and money donated by local businesses to the Love Kitchen, a local food pantry. More, in this MSA Feature.
November 28 (Wednesday) - Read today's articles.
November 19 (Monday) - Islam: Cult or Culture? in the Daily Beacon today, read on.
November 17 (Saturday) - Please read today's news
November 16 (Friday) - Today, Peter Sanders showed his remarkable slide-shows, Muslim in China and Unity Through Diversity to the students of An-Noor Academy. The youth gathered at the UC Crest Room to view the presentation. After the presentation, Peter Sanders took many questions from the children. Many showed interest in becoming photographers, others had questions about his travels. November 15 (Thursday) - Alhamdulillah (All praise is due to God), today we had the main event of the 'Unveiling Ignorance' series, Islam: Cult or Culture?. Our speakers spoke to a full house. Many found themselves standing at the back of the auditorium. The speakers, Dr. Umar Farooq Abdallah from Chicago and Peter Sanders from London, were honored by the Michael Kelley, City Attorney (on behalf of Mayor Victor Ashe). They both received the keys to the city and became honorary citizens of Knoxville. Peter Sanders then showed an amazing slideshow of pictures from around the Muslim world. It broke the stereotype that Muslims are all Arabs and in the Middle East. It showed the rich cultural differences under the shade of Islam. Then Dr. Umar spoke on the rich culture of Islam and its forgotten legacy. After the program cultural refreshments were served to everyone's delight. We were very fortunate to receive the opportunity to host such delightful speakers, InshaAllah (God Willing) we will get a similar chance in the future. Furthermore, tonight marked the beginning of Ramadan. We were honored to spend the first day of Ramadan with Dr. Umar and Peter Sanders.
November 10 (Saturday) - Read today's news
November 8 (Thursday) - Please read today's news.
November 6 (Tuesday) - Today, Saimah Hameeduddin, Iffat Moinuddin, and Sadaf Shaukat spoke to the West Knoxville Sertoma Club about Islam. Saimah first enlightened the audience on who Allah is, what Islam is and means, and some basic principles of Islam, such as tolerance and patience. Then, Iffat expounded upon the issue of women in Islam. She eloquently spoke about rights Muslim women had 1400 years ago and what the concept of "hijab" is. Next, Sadaf explained how terrorism and "jihad" are not and cannot be synonymous. Finally, the floor was opened for questions, and a good 15 minutes was spent addressing a wide spectrum of concerns from the need to overcome extremism to if different color hijabs symbolized anything. November 5 (Monday) - Please see below
November 4 (Sunday) - Please see the article below
November 2 (Friday) - Today the MSA hosted a seminar at the I-House and a workshop at the UC with Dr. Rania Masri. At the seminar the US Patriot Act was discussed. The workshop was a general workshop on activism. Without even being advertised in the Daily Beacon, both events were well attended. Dr. Rania contains a wealth of knowledge and we only got a small slice. InshaAllah [God willing] she will visit us again in Knoxville in the future. November 1 (Thursday) - Today's lecture entitled Iraq Beyond Sadaam was a huge success. We had 300 seats set-up, but the rush of people entering the room caused us to ask for more seats. Just under 350 people attended this marvelous event. Dr. Rania Masri gave a marvelous talk. We started with fifteen minutes of a strong movie independently produced, then Dr. Rania gave her talk and opened the floor to questions. The event was nothing short of amazing. We thank the numerous organizations who co-sponsored this event with us.
October 31 (Wednesday) - Please read the following.
October 25 (Thursday) - My dear brothers and sisters, the hijab discussion today was *great!* Alhamdhulilah (All Praise be to Allah). TabarakAllah. It was awesome. It was a comfortable size group of people, around 11-12 non-Muslim women, and one guy. Maha, Sanjana, Farah, and I shared our thoughts and personal experiences of hijab. But the best part was hearing what the girls had to say. They were saying things like "I felt pretty and graceful in the hijab", "I looked and felt feminine", "It was liberating!", "It empowered me!" - oh my goodness....we were about in tears...some of us actually were in tears. Furthermore, they said things like they acted differently, more polite, more conscious of their actions. Masha'Allah.. many want to do it every Friday. - (Sadaf Shaukat)
October 20 (Saturday) - Masha'Allah our experience at Sacred Heart Cathedral was amazing. Maha, Iffat, Shafia, Sadaf Siddiqi, Tessa, and I each spoke briefly on different topics. First, Iffat spoke on the innumerable contributions Muslims have made to Western Civilization. Next, Sadaf Siddiqi. talked about the concept of hijab and totally moved the audience masha'Allah! Then I talked a little about Jihad and Terrorism (I listened to Imam Zayd that morning). Then, Maha talked about a day in the life of a Muslim in America, and added her brilliant comments here and there :) Shafia was supposed to talk about Islam's perception of the body and soul, but we ran out of time. Sooo many people had questions, and you could see the excitement on their faces. However, due to time restrictions, we didn't get to answer them. Of course we gave them our MSA website address :) Also, they want us to come back for a question/answer session - (Sadaf Shaukat)
October 19 (Friday) -
Alhamdulillah (All praise is due to God), today's event, Scarves for
Solidarity, was a huge success. Many visted the booths we had
set up on the UC plaza and Humanities plaza. There we gave out
scarves for those women who wanted to stand in solidarity with Muslim
women. With hate crimes abundantly spreading against Muslims because
of the terrible tragedy of 9/11, this was one of our most important
events. The Scarves for Solidarity event on campus was an
unprecedented success alhamdulillah (thank God). At 11 am, we ran
out of our 100 scarves that we ordered. We frantically were able to round
up about 30 more scarves to hand out. I just want to thank everyone who
participated. It meant SO MUCH to the Muslims on campus and especially the
Muslim sisters. Many of them cried tears of joy at the overwhelming
support of the campus community. The event was on 2 news channels, on the
front page of the Beacon, and on the front page of the Religion section of
the Sentinel on Saturday (thank you Jeanine!).
October 18 (Thursday) - Today we held the first event with-in the Unveiling Ignorance event series, the MSA Movie Night. We thank the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) for co-hosting the film night. With such short notice and limited advertisement, one was amazed at the attendance. About 200 people showed-up, more than half non-Muslim. The three videos shown were: Hijab: An Expression of My Soul, Islam: A Closer Look, and BBC's Faces of Islam. All in all, it was a successful event.
October 15 (Monday) - Please read the following articles.
October 5 (Friday) - Please read the following articles
October 4 (Thursday) - The Metro Pulse did an excellent job on this cover story. News of the excellence of this article was heard by CAIR and reported through their e-mail. It's so excellent that we decided it deserves to be an MSA Feature.
October 3 (Wednesday) - Please read the following article.
October 1 (Monday) - Please read the following article.
September 28 (Friday) - Continuing Unity Week, the MSA held another 'Understanding Islam' booth. This time we, with other student organizations, set-up on the Humanities' Plaza. We thank all those who stopped by and those who signed the banner of support. September 27 (Thursday) - Today was Day 1 of Unity Week. The Muslim Student Association along with SGA Diversity Affairs and the International Student Association have cosponsored Unity Week. We have gathered to tie that common bond of understanding between us. With the recent events Islam has been even more-so misconstrued in the media. For this reason we held an 'Understand Islam' boot on the UC Plaza. Furthermore, for the terrorist acts that occurred in NY recently and all the terrorist activity being carried out on innocent people all around the globe, the Muslim Student Association, along with SGA Diversify Affairs, the International Student Association, and Progressive Student Alliance held a candle light vigil. We walked from the International House to the Torchbearer showing respect to those oppressed around the globe.
September 26 (Wednesday) - Please read the following article.
September 25 (Tuesday) - The MSA Soccer Team lost 4-0 today in the Semifinal game. It was 1-0 at Halftime but we couldn't pull off the tie or win. Looking back on a good season, the MSA team went very far alhamdulillah. 90 soccer teams start the season off and we were able to make it to the top 4. This is a big accomplishment and even if we didn't win it all, it brought many brothers together and we had a great time. Pictures and video clips from our games will be on the website soon. Special thanks to all who played with the team, to Nadeem who was patient in coaching us, and all the great fans. September 24 (Monday) - The team we were up against today in soccer decided to forfeit. Very unusual indeed. Maybe our reputation of excellence is getting some nervous. In our history we have never gotten past the Semi-finals.
September 23 (Sunday) - Today, the MSA soccer team began its playoff games. At 3 PM, in the game against a team called "Squirrel Poo", the MSA played with nobility in a 17 to 0 victory! (yes seventeen to zero). They continued on at 7 pm with our next game against a team of Graduate Students and we were again victorious, winning 8 to 0. September 20 (Thursday)
- Yesterday, the MSA held its first General Body Meeting of the semester
(finally!). It was a wonderful meeting coordinated by Sister Reem
Abdelrazek. She did a great job. We had about 75-80 people there, and
about 20-30% of them were non-Muslims! We released our calendar
[which you can download from Fall 2001 as a
pdf file], talked a little, had a short trivia game, and had great food.
This semester should be great for the MSA! Thanks to all who came to the
meeting last night.
September 19 (Wednesday) - Please read the following articles
September 17 (Monday) - Please read the following articles.
September 16 (Sunday) - Raihan Farooq's letter was published in the 'Perspectives' section of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
September 15 (Saturday) - Please read the following articles.
September 14 (Friday) - Please read the following articles.
September 13 (Thursday) - Please read the following Knoxville News Sentinel article. We are very pleased and thankful to many in the local media who have been supporting us in this time of crisis. Unfortunately, the university did not cancel intramural games this week; thus we played soccer today. The game ended 4 to 1, MSA.
September 12 (Wednesday) - Take a look at today's articles in the Daily Beacon and Knoxville News Sentinel concerning yesterdays terrible events.
September 6 (Thursday) - Graceful as a gazelle, ferocious as a lion, our MSA intramural soccer team won a 7 to 1 victory tonight. Congratulations to the team and our coach Nadeem Siddiqi. Remember that practice is every Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday. You must come to at least one per week, but it would be ideal if you came to more. Here are some clips from the game. The quality is low because I don't have the right editing equipment right now. InshaAllah (God Willing), for the next game we'll have nice, sharp real-video files.
September 1 (Saturday) - Read today's news.
August 31 - September 3 (Labor Day Weekend) - The MSA took a bus to the Islamic Society of North America convention. With many interesting lectures to attend and a gigantic bazaar, it was definitely a fun-filled stay. Click the picture below to go to our ISNA 2001 Baraka Bus Trip page. It contains many great pictures and two accounts that are a pleasure to read.
August 30 (Wednesday) - The MSA soccer team had a great first practice. Our games will begin next week on Thursday. Before the first game, however, the MSA team will be practicing tomorrow (Friday) at 5 pm at the Intramural Fields and again on Sunday at 5 pm InshaAllah (God Willing). Please call the team manager, Ibrahim, at 591-0606 if you have any questions. We have a great team and coach this year but could always use more players. August 27 (Monday) - The Knoxville News-Sentinel features a letter to the editor by Shadab about a recent editorial written about the Taliban. It is a very well written letter and deserves a look. I'll scan it in soon. August 22 (Thursday) - Ready for another semester? Well you better be. Today was the official first day of classes at the University of Tennessee. Get that tote bag filled up and zipped up and dive into the fun-filled world of secular education (sarcasm). August 9 (Thursday) - Today was the MSA's first event for the semester, the Back to School BBQ. There was plenty of sports, singing, and eating. InshaAllah (God willing), we are now pumped up to take on the next semester. |
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