The Ithacan · ‘The Intersection’ – A Conversation with Ikraan Sheekh Nuur
This week host Frankie Walls sits down with senior Ikraan Sheekh Nuur to discuss her experience as a Somali Muslim woman.
I’m urging fellow outspoken atheists to understand that their crude approach toward religion inadvertently nurtures the sort of fundamentalism they are supposedly against.
Asma Barlas, professor in the Department of Politics at Ithaca College, went on a U.K.
In other words, is there any value in reliving these issues, something that inevitably comes with speaking out?
“For most of my students, their faith is the most important thing about them,” James Touchton, protestant chaplain and current Interfaith Council advisor, said.
This week on “In My Own Words,” Glenn Epps sits down with Ithacan columnist Mahad Olad to discuss what it’s like to leave Islam, colorism and more.
With only a small number of practicing Muslim students on campus, sharing an imam would be a cost-effective solution.
Haueter said that while the Hillel sector of the college campus cannot meet with certain organizations, Hillel encourages productive, open dialogue.
Even in the secular West, where the freedom to change religions is recognized, ex-Muslims continue to fear for their lives.
In July 2016, politics professor Asma Barlas taught a seminar on Islam at St. Petersburg State University in Russia.
We must be clear that the contempt for Islam in political discourse is just that, political.
With recent ISIS activity taking the forefront of the media coverage, the fear of terrorists is on high alert. People see a man in a turban in the airport and automatically rush to the worst-case scenario. I would like to take the opportunity to say this: Islam does not equal ISIS.
