UNIVERSITY
MUSLIMS
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belong to the Sunni sect .uni
be members of the ISI-. In or
der to rorrtpK with ASl'O
rules, the group must be
open to all Muslim students
because its name is Muslim
Student Association
Anderson informed group
members that it tbe\ wanted
MSA to remain a re< ogni/ed
group and continue to re
i eive incidental lee funding,
tllev would have to rev ise
their bylaw's and hold new
elections
khaled Al Azzouni. who
was the direr tor ol MSA List
year and was re elected in
October would not com
men! I lower er. he and and
a fellow MSA member hired
attorney t diaries hotter to ar t
as the group sspokesman
"The Muslim Student As
sot iation t hose to Withdraw
its status as an ASl 'O group
organization rather than ill
lute and deteat its longtime
role of serv ing the interests
of the Sunni branch," he
said in a written statement
"hast (fall), petitioners de
mantled that all Muslim stu
dents at the I niversitv he al
lowed to vole ill MSA elet
tions and that LSI- member
ship not he required," it
states "This was unaccept
able to the MSA
B u I \! u h .1 tn m .1 ii .1 n il
Yousef. Iiulli Sunnites, said
some members with r\
pellet! from the mosque tli.it
night ami not allowed to
vote bet ause they were not
memhers of the U .ihahi
brant h of the Sunni sei t or
not from Saudi Arabia,
where most Wahabite', are
from
'll you are not from Saudi
Arabia, vou were probably
not allowed to vote they
pist created an atmosphere
where i ertein decisions
were made along national
lines or ideological lines ’’
said Yousel, a graduate stu
dent from l.ibya
He said he was allowed to
\ ote bet ause he had been
\er\ active m the mosque
and "it would have been e\
tremek risk\ to deny me
I've always been there, and
it would not have been an
easy thing to get away
with "
The group's I FI! funding
$4,110 this year was
"serving the interests of a
very close ( in le of people.
Yousef said Not only was
voting restrii.•»'tl .1 mong
mi'ii. no women wort* .il
IouimI to participate either,
Ill' s.llli
rh«T«' aro mam interpre
tation.s of Islam." Moham
m,id said "Ur told them
that (liffnnim.il and diversitv
is normal hut wr ucm
like a soi ially non -existent
I v pr of people in I h f
mosipit'
Ur have no prohlrm
with those people Inti thev
have to irspri t nir as a lull
human being I haye nil
opinions hr said '' I his is
u hat U r u e re t 1 g 11 t 111 g
about, tli.it thrs have to giv r
i ights to all othi'i Muslims
and women
At trinpts at ined ia turn
lailed. and In: Man h the
ASIA) suspended MSA's
status as, a re< ugni/ed pro
gram and fro/e its funding
lit i ause MSA group mem
tiers registered its name
Muslim Student Association
of Kugene Oregon bit
with t lie Oregon (airporation
Division, its members have
sole at cess to it.
I'orter said M.SA still has a
strong membership The
group plans In maintain a
presem e on or near the l 'in
versity will remain m to.e
and will i onlinue to serve
I 'niversitv students. lie said
I he iifvv group III.it is hf
mg formed will he known us
(lie Muslim Students Associ
ation of tile I diiversity ol Or
egon. will lie accessible to
all Muslim students and will
not lie affiliated with INI'
Mohammad said Moreover
w omen will be given lull
pari it ipation and w ill lie eli
gible to vote and run lor of
fu e lie said
Yousef and Mohammad
have submitted a new set oi
bylaws and are now working
with Anderson to ensure
that they are in line with
Asm lAecutive Rules An
derson said hi1 hopes to ap
prove the new bylaws and
have new leadership in
plat e bv t be end of t he
month
Mohammad and Yousef
said thev w ill not run for a
leadership position in the
new group but are activelv
recruiting other Muslim stu
dents to tin so
"It is my dream before 1
leave this campus to see .1
Muslim student assot lation
on this 1 ampiis united and
organized bv .1 common set
of values.' Yousef said
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