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Islam Awareness Week Begins With Fireside Tonight
Emily Glazer

College students love free things, and starting today students can pick up a Quran and a cup of hot chocolate.It's not your everyday pair, but the Muslim-cultural Students Association is looking to change that.Islam Awareness Week, in its 13th year at Northwestern, begins tonight with a fireside talk in Allison Hall. Activities such as speeches, charity fundraisers and even games will continue through the week, with a keynote address on Thursday by Dr. Omid Safi, professor of Islamic Studies at University of the North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The event is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Harris Hall Room 107.

"UNC is a hotbed for Islamic studies," said Mokaram Rauf, a Weinberg junior and executive vice president of McSA. "Islam is compatible and essentially here to stay. It's not something that is going to inherently be in opposition to Western ideals." [What a load of jihadist crap...No, we don't have to get used to you or it, just because your jihadist arses are invading the West...Islam is inherenetly opposed to anything Western, except its technology...It is so opposed to it, inherently and otherwise, to the point that it wants to wipe Western ideals from the face of the earth and it & jihadists will do whatever is necessary to get it done...TAQIYYALOPES the whole lot of you...ed. A.I.]

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Islam Awareness Week is held on campuses nationwide, including Loyola University and the University of Chicago.

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McSA also hopes to teach people about Islam in a fun, interactive way.

"In the current political environment, I think it's incumbent upon all kinds of students to learn a little bit more about Islam and its diversity and move beyond the very surface images that we're usually confronted with in our current political and social situation," Ware said.

Students will be able to play Islamic Jeopardy, decorate themselves with Henna tattoos or pick up a free Quran - a new addition to this year's festivities - at informational booths at Norris University Center and the Technological Institute. McSA will also hand out free hot chocolate at The Rock throughout the week.

"If people do have certain stereotypes about Muslims or Islam, and we can do anything to get them to understand it better and remove that stereotype, that would be huge," said Ashar Wasi, a McCormick junior and public relations vice president of McSA.


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