Kendra Campbell/Contributing Writer With more and more community leaders adding climate change to their list of priorities to address, Liyakat Takim, a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, aims to keep the ball rolling by pushing religious leaders of Islam to join the discussion as well. Takim discussed climate change from an Islamic perspective […]
By: Victor Jorges/Assistant News Director In an effort to better educate the student body on Islam and dispel misconceptions about the religion, the University’s Muslim Student Association is holding a week’s worth of education events. From Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22, the Muslim Student Association will be hosting their annual Islamic Awareness […]
Ceylin Arias/Staff Writer Stephanie Medrano, a junior criminal justice major with a minor in history and a practicer of Catholicism said attending FIU was a completely different experience from grade school. Medrano, who had attended Saint Patrick Catholic school, a private institution located in Miami Beach, from preschool all the way to high school said […]
Caroline Sanchez/ Staff Writer Amidst the recent anti-Muslim attacks at Finsbury Park in London, England and the double standards perpetuated in our own country, there seems to be a heightening fear that’s spreading around every corner of our daily lives. I’ve noticed a growing trend in making demeaning statements against Muslims, either denouncing their religious […]
Image by m-alo via Flickr Jennifer Blanco | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com President Barack Obama directed the nation and millions around the world this week at the summit on Countering Violent Extremism. It was truly a poignant speech, clearing up misconceptions many have about the Muslim faith. He rejected the notion that terrorism stems from […]
