Islamophobia is real. You may have personally experienced it or know a family member, friend, or acquaintance who has. You may hear of news accounts which describe incidents of harassment, violence, and even murder. And it is happening all over the globe. 

Islamophobia is nothing new. The earliest Muslim communities of the Prophetic age dealt with the fear of the new way of life brought by Islam and the people who practiced it – Muslims.

Let us make a serious effort to fight hate on campus.

With the recent terrorist attack on a Canadian Muslim family of five, leaving one survivor in London, Ontario, fear is the last thing that should control our next step. 

By the token of time

Surely humankind is at a loss

Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and enjoin each other to truth and patience

(Quran, Chapter 103)

With final exams falling during the last week of Ramadan 2021, students may be struggling to study efficiently and effectively while fasting during the day and praying late into the night. 

In 2017, the United States census reported 110.6 million unmarried people over the age of 18 - that’s over 45 percent of the American adult population.