Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Kansas, America -- The Muslim Student Association will host the second day of its Islam Awareness Day exhibition on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall today. The event showcases different foods, customs and traditions, such as the Hijab veil, the scarf that some Muslim women use to cover their hair. MSA initiated the event to allow students to ask questions and have conversations about Islam.
“It is an MSA activity that brings Muslims together to raise awareness about Islam,” Bader Madoukh, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., said. “We have all these brochures about various aspects of Islam, about terrorism, about women and some translations of the Holy Book in English.”
Tanseem Daud, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., and Reem Stewart, a freshman from Leavenworth, were at the front of the tent demonstrating how women wrap the veil around their hair.
Also at the event was Islamic scholar Hassan Aly, an Imam of the Islamic Center of Kansas and teacher of Arabic language at Alrawdah Institute in Overland Park. In addition to answering questions students had about his religion, he advised people to clarify the truth through the news they listened to, specifically that not all Muslims are extremists.
Muhammad Ibrahim Basit, a sophomore from Islamabad, Pakistan, said people commonly ask about marriage, divorce and money.
“This is just for the awareness of Islam in America,” he said. “There are a lot of misconceptions about Islam.”
Karim Farokhnia, a freshman from Shiraz, Iran said the event was designed to promote accurate information about Islam.
“We’re trying to show the reality,” Farokhnia said. “There is some propaganda especially after 9/11, which I’m sure that none of the Muslim people agree with. We’re just trying to give them some sources, some differences.”
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