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3Feb
2012

Student Issues: Prioritizing our Spiritual and Physical Health

As we enter into the furious storm of Midterms, Papers, and Projects known innocently as Weeks 4, 5, and 6, I’d like to give everyone a small piece of advice.

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19Jan
2012

The World of Water: Islam and Water-Related Issues

in Features, myIslam, Opinion 4 Comments

Those of us living in First World countries won’t really ponder too much on where our water comes from or how much there is to go around. We believe that as long as the water bills are paid, our faucets will continue to provide us with this basic necessity at our demand.

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27Dec
2011

The Good and Bad of Islamophobia

in Features, myIslam, Opinion 2 Comments

Islamophobia quite literally (and linguistically) is a fear of Islam and Muslims; albeit, an intense, irrational fear of Islam and Muslims. Some Muslims hold that Islamophobia is a good thing. Why? How could fear of Islam benefit Islam?

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2Dec
2011

Visiting a Youth Detention Center: A Humbling Experience

in Community, Features, myIslam 8 Comments

The drive up to Camp Fred Miller is a long, slow uphill trudge. You wind through the hills of Malibu, going higher and higher until the neighborhoods below you look like plots of land and grass nestled in the mouth of one giant valley. When you get to Camp Miller and step out of the car, you notice two things.

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16Nov
2011

Reflections from the Hindu-Muslim Mixer

in Features, myIslam, Opinion 7 Comments

Inspired from my previous experience at the “Lunar-Dharmacakra Mixer,” I was fired up and blazed to attend the Muslim Union’s next event where Muslims met with the Hindu Students Association at the Hindu-Muslim mixer. I took the liberty of dubbing this mixer “Forum of the Falasifa Pandits.” This, like the last Mixer’s name , has a deeper meaning attached to it.

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9Nov
2011

In Photos: Muslim Students Celebrate Eid with Family and Friends

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As Eid al-Adha fell on a Sunday this year, many students spent time with family and friends to celebrate this blessed religious holiday. Eid mubarak readers!

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2Nov
2011

A Conversation with a Native American on the Environment

in Features, myIslam 0 Comments

I was having a hard time tearing my attention away from his words, spoken in a soothing tone, in order to take notes on his answers. But how else would I capture his wise thoughts?

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29Oct
2011

Reflections from the Muslim-Buddhist Mixer

in Features, myIslam, Opinion 7 Comments

I had initially visualized the Mixer as some type of Dharmacakra emitting moonlight, and was looking forward to attending in order to speak about my own faith while learning more about another. However, I had made a near-fatal error…

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18Sep
2011

Racing through Ramadan: Casablanca, Morocco Part 3

in Features, myIslam 2 Comments

If only I was equipped with a telescope so I could determine the first night of Ramadan myself, because time was passing by and it was the first of August, but no Moroccans seemed to be buzzing about with the spirit of the holy month.

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13Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Finding My Way

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Al-Talib interviews Salmon Hossein on his experience growing up as an Afghan American post 9/11. Hossein is a recent UCLA graduate who is now pursuing a Masters of Public Policy at Harvard University.

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