II,in.in N.im.ihi llrlli w.is \otetl to the I \ei nine < umnnttm ul the new n strut tunul Muslim .ivwm t.ihnn on t.im/nis ./ml I nl.i Mnhttmm&tl m*i* elm tml ihret lot MUSLIMS Continued from Page 1 In addition tin' group's bylaws were found' to lie unionstitu (tonal Ik-i ause nnh ;>•■<ipt* who adhered to the Sunni brain h of Islam wru- given full inemliei ship The students who led that group most of w hom are Saudi Arabian have i limcu in lake their otg.inu' it mu oil campus rathei thancuinplv with A SI () lestrii lions The students w ho filed the complaint have estab Usher! their own group I id.i Mohammad one of .The students W llO fill'll the I,Illl plaint, was elei ted as director in ASl () superv ised elections field last month ' DO YOU HAVE > - AM IMTERE5T IM • Substance Abuse - • Sexuality • nutrition • Fitness • Behaviors • Eating Disorders • Weight Management • Stress Management Do you have any interest m developing counsfMing skills publn speak irig *,Kills enhancing your personal knowledge of and edu* atmg fliers T T r•• . 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() tor i ontiiiiiing to use a name that tie says belongs to his ill ents However the name game turns out Mohammad and about dr) other students are in I lie pi ol ess ot or g.llll/llig a group that w ill be unite differ ent from the MSA tli.it pre\ 1 ouslv 01 i upied an offit i in the I Ml ' \s ,t female Muslim K.uniihi Stiii! she was nut uHowed In fully partu ipaie in the previous giwup hull! (i leadership pusi tiuu ur public Iv dismiss pulili (ill .old sin i.d issues In tiddl lion she was routinely shuttled utt lu .1 si* par .ill* small morn tor women when slit- went to pra\ .it tlie LSI ,i popular gathering place for Muslims in the l u gene area Several of the Saudi Muslim men were appalled th.it I was elei ted she said 1 he opposition felt like it lias gotilg overhoard lor a woman to be on the I \e< uti\ e i amimittee by election. she said They were trying to im pose a \er\ antiquated tried re y al yy ill in the name of Islam Hut Rumahi said her elm lion is point that the Ishimii reli gion itself does not suppress u omen GRADUATES DOCU TECH PROFESSIONAL FRAME DISPLAYS TUES. & WEDS. EMU BY THE MAIN DESK li people have misused it then -that s Ihc i asi' mih !• tinu immeinoriul.' she saiii ! linn I want people In see Islam as the agency that abuses wom en Our opposition is of tin Saudi persuasion uhuli op presses women and svhii h is still oppressing women Kainahi, a student from Pal estine. wears a head si art and s.IVS it affei Is the w as people pen five hei 1 ill looked at as '()h. sin lias to he oppressed Whs ■' He lause somewhere in their nil derstanding of Islam, tiles heard that Muslim women -ire oppressed .' she said I o provide a religious servii e that welcomes all Muslims Mohammad. Kamahi and sever al others has e est.ihl ished .1 sseeklv servue at the Koinoni.i ( enter svhii ll takes plane ey eis I i idas afternoon rlie Islamn religion (.(insists ol tin- major brain lies Sunni and Slli'a and several sei Is ssillun those Isvii The major■'te nets howes er In1111 true toi all Muslims Allah is worshiped as the sole deity and Mohammed is rer ogni/ed as his prophet II Is .1 religion, Kamahi and Mohammad said, that is tcin hlv misunderstood in the West ern world People need to knoss that there is something ssmiig with the portrayal, not the group." Kamahi said "lor example, our image on TV is heinous, it's ridic ulous II people i ottlin lie portraying us that way. they'll start seeing us that was. and there's nothing sse i ail do to change that s iesvpoiiil Mohammad and Kamahi said they tiase been to several iltlfer cut i him lies in the luigetie area and spoken to mans people about the Islamn religion We do our best to show that sse are not different from the iesi of humanity Mohammed said 1 nfiiiluiiatels Muslims al ways have to prove then hu moults Kamahi said I lies have to 111* i-I on their humani ty thes have to articulate it And I think there s danger m lies! has mg to vis that W In ■ an I it he understood t hat we're (list like any olhei human being B u I li \1 (i h it in in <i il .111 <1 Kainalii siiul the Western view ot Islam .mil Muslims is nut only iii'U i urate but dangerous \\ hi'ii ilisi ussing Islam, it gets i imlust'il and i louded u ith polite s and that's wlirni it be i times dangerous. 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