Washington University’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted its annual Eid dinner in Hillman Hall’s Clark-Fox Forum to celebrate the year’s end, which took place from 6-9 p.m. on April 27. The event took place in view of the pro-Palestine protest and encampment and the ensuing arrests on the East End of campus. 

When sophomore Scott Massey learned that students wouldn’t be returning to Washington University this semester, his immediate thought was to connect with his campus religious community. One of the main reform service leaders at Hillel, Massey quickly texted Rabbi Jordan Gerson to express interest in creating a form of worship experience over the internet.

The Washington University Muslim Student Association (MSA) programmed Islam Awareness Week (IAW), a series of events intended to bring attention to different perspectives of Muslim experiences, this week.

How much longer must we wait for a word of solidarity and reassurance? How much longer must we wait before we are sure the University cares about the safety of its students? How much longer before you take a stance on Islamophobia?

Washington University’s Muslim Students Association (MSA) just wrapped up its programming for Islam Awareness Week on campus.

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad stopped by Washington University on Tuesday to discuss on identity, racism and her journey to the Olympics.

On Thursday night, around 200 students gathered in Brookings Quadrangle for a candlelight vigil hosted by Muslim Students Association (MSA) for the three Muslim students murdered in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Tuesday.

One by one, Muslim students and their peers passed the microphone to discuss past experiences with racism and Islamophobia. For many of them, these memories resurfaced when a Halloween photo of students costumed in military garb in what some argued was a depiction of Osama bin Laden, others as a stereotypical Muslim at gunpoint, surfaced on Facebook last Wednesday.

As I’m sure many of you have heard, Pamela Geller has struck again. Her organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative, recently put up controversial ads in New York City subways declaring, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad.

New York City subway-riders were shocked to read blogger Pamela Geller ‘s advertisement as they made their daily commutes. The ad read, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad.