Author: Al-Hikmah Staff
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UMD’s Arabic students search for new opportunities after Flagship program closure
By Timnit Rwakaara Since 2007, the University of Maryland at College Park has hosted an Arabic Flagship program, a federally funded initiative for students in the Arabic major or minor to gain advanced proficiency in the language. But starting Fall 2025, the program was no longer offered at UMD, leaving many students wondering what direction…
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What the Janazah reveals about American pluralism
By Hala Mowafi In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Muslim families across the United States faced a new hardship: prohibiting their loved ones from burial in time in accordance to Islamic obligations (Bukhari 1315). Some funeral homes refused to handle bodies without embalming, despite clear religious objections. Others advocated for cremation as the…
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UMD club hosts IDF soldiers event, raising concerns about student safety
Three soldiers from Israel’s military who fought in Gaza during the ongoing genocide were on UMD’s campus at an event held by student organization Students Supporting Israel (SSI) in Jimenez Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The event was intended for the soldiers — Ariel Levy, Daniel Shalom, and Avigayil Atlas — to share their “powerful…
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Al-Hikmah condemns the detention and treatment of journalists, Muslim students and students of color by UMPD
Al-Hikmah condemns the hour-long detention of two of our staff by the University of Maryland’s Police Department as they were fulfilling their journalistic duties to cover a protest against the presence of Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers at a Students Supporting Israel (SSI) event Tuesday night. In the course of covering the student protest, two…
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