Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Photo courtesy of HillelNNJ, Instagram An Arab-Israeli who was threatened for supporting Israel came to Ramapo College on Monday to speak about his experience and how the Jewish state is viewed in the Middle East. At an event sponsored by Hillel, Yahya Mahamid spoke about growing up Muslim in a […]
Photo by Anastasia Caulfield The Muslim Student Association kicked off Women’s Herstory Month on Wednesday by inviting students to wear a hijab for a day. “Being covered on this campus, where there aren’t many of us, we do feel a connection to this small community and it’s nice to invite […]
Photo courtesy of Luminary Traveler, Flickr On Jan. 27, President Trump signed an executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries into the United States. This order would keep out both refugees and immigrants for a minimum of 120 days. The seven countries affected by this ban are Iran, […]
Photo courtesy of Luminary Traveler, Flickr The United States has enacted a ban on Syrian refugees as of Friday, Jan. 24. The ban, created by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order, has also suspended immigration from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. “We don’t want them here,” the New York […]
Photo by Hope Patti On Monday, the Omega Phi Beta Sorority hosted an event in cooperation with the Muslim Student Association as part of the Latino Heritage month. Organized by Lisaida Garcia and hosted by both Thalia Mercado and Rand Abdul-Raziq, the “Latinos and Islam” event covered a rarely-discussed topic. […]
Photo courtesy of Calamity_Sal, Flickr Creative Commons A grand jury indicted the man who fatally shot three Muslim students over an alleged parking dispute in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Feb. 17, initiating a national conversation on religion and race. Craig Hicks, 46, is the perpetrator of the heinous crime and […]
