Tag: islam
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UMD MSA hosts charity week, reflects on importance of giving back
The University of Maryland’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) held its first charity week of the 2025 fall semester from Oct. 20 to Oct. 24 as part of a larger initiative in partnership with Islamic Relief and several other Muslim Student Associations at universities across the United States. With daily events, charity week highlighted collective student-led…
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Inter-org MSA potluck bring over 100 students and several UMD clubs together
From maqluba, a traditional Levantine rice dish, to ful, a popular Sudanese and North African bean recipe, an array of cultural dishes from several ethnic clubs at UMD filled tables outside at the Nyumburu Amphitheater yesterday for the Muslim Student Association’s inter-organizational potluck and picnic. 11 cultural organizations including the Pakistani Student Association (PSA), Egyptian…
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Israel guilty of genocide, says UN Commission
Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza strip, an independent United Nations commission has found. The report, published Tuesday by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, found that “Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces committed four of the five possible genocidal acts defined by…
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MSA welcomes students with fall Welcome Back Dinner
Over 100 students gathered in Stamp’s grand ballroom for the Muslim Student Association’s (MSA) semesterly Welcome Back Dinner on Friday. The Welcome Back Dinner provides new students a place to meet their Muslim brothers and sisters, allows returning students to get together, and helps build a sense of belonging amongst the Muslim community at UMD,…
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Meet the 2025-26 MSA Board
Editor’s Note: Humnah Ibrahim is the Social Media Editor for Al-Hikmah. As the semester comes to a close and summer approaches, the 2025-2026 MSA board has been officially confirmed. Get to know the students who will be leading UMD’s MSA during the upcoming academic year. President: Zayd Mahfuz “I want the community to know that…
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New Muslim club sparks mental health conversations amongst community
To create a space for Muslim students and others to discuss mental health through cultural and religious lenses, Maha Idsassi and Yusra Umer co-founded the club Noor On My Mind (NOMM). “As a Muslim student, I am passionate about my faith, but I feel like when we talk about Islam and mental health together we…
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An Islamic approach to saving our planet
Climate change demands our urgent attention. Global warming has been accelerating more than three times as fast as it did decades ago, now increasing at 0.36°F per decade compared to 0.11°F per decade in 1982. If left unaddressed, the consequences will be catastrophic: rising sea levels will engulf coastal communities, extreme weather will displace millions,…
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