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Students pray together in Muller Chapel after breaking their fast at Iftar. Ramadan is a month observed by Muslims to be closer to their faith by participating in rituals, like fasting from sunrise to sunset, reading the Quran — which is the primary Islamic text — as well as celebrating iftar, a meal served during Ramadan following sunset each day.

Students observing Ramadan navigate accommodations

By Jadyn Davis, Staff Writer • April 12, 2023
Ithaca College students who observe Ramadan struggle to find accommodations. Ramadan is a month observed by Muslims to be closer to their faith.
Asma Barlas, professor Emerita in the Department of Politics, discussed unlearning patriarchal interpretations of the Quran with members of the Khadija-Maryam Foundation on Nov. 14.

Q&A: Professor participates in discussion on Quran

By Kinsey Burr, Staff Writer • November 30, 2022
Asma Barlas, professor Emerita in the Ithaca College Department of Politics, participated in a community dialogue Nov. 14 over Zoom about the Quran’s teachings of marriage and the family.
'The Intersection' - A Conversation with Ikraan Sheekh Nuur

‘The Intersection’ – A Conversation with Ikraan Sheekh Nuur

By Frankie Walls, Managing Editor • September 8, 2021

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. The...

Policing Athiesm

Policing Athiesm

By Mahad Olad • October 3, 2019
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, writes about her experience as the founding director of the Ithaca College Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity.

Q&A: Professor tours U.K. for book about gender in Islam

By Brontë Cook • September 11, 2019

Asma Barlas, professor in the Department of Politics at Ithaca College, went on a U.K. tour this summer to promote a new edition of her book titled “‘Believing Women’ In Islam: Unreading Patriarchial...

Trauma turns to advocacy

Trauma turns to advocacy

By Mahad Olad • March 28, 2018
In other words, is there any value in reliving these issues, something that inevitably comes with speaking out?
James Touchton, protestant chaplain and current Interfaith Council advisor, leads a Refuge service at Muller Chapel Dec. 12. Touchton said the number of practicing Protestants on campus ranges from about 75 to 80 students.

Students find community through religious groups on campus

By Olivia Riggio, Staff Writer • December 13, 2017
“For most of my students, their faith is the most important thing about them,” James Touchton, protestant chaplain and current Interfaith Council advisor, said.
In My Own Words: Mahad Olad

In My Own Words: Mahad Olad

By Kendyl Bennett, Podcast Editor • November 10, 2017

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. Olad, who discusses identity and race, often...

Editorial: College would benefit from Muslim faith leader

Editorial: College would benefit from Muslim faith leader

November 1, 2017
With only a small number of practicing Muslim students on campus, sharing an imam would be a cost-effective solution.
From left, sophomore Sydney Brenner, vice president of Hillel, leads a discussion during a J Street U meeting on Feb. 20 in the Six Mile Creek room in the Campus Center. Junior Liz Alexander, co-president of Students for Justice in Palestine, voices her concerns over the lack of collaboration between SJP and on-campus pro-Israel groups at a different meeting April 11.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict reflected in campus community

By Kate Nalepinski, Life & Culture Editor • April 19, 2017
Haueter said that while the Hillel sector of the college campus cannot meet with certain organizations, Hillel encourages productive, open dialogue.
Why I left Islam

Why I left Islam

By Mahad Olad • April 13, 2017
Even in the secular West, where the freedom to change religions is recognized, ex-Muslims continue to fear for their lives.
Politics professor Asma Barlas spent July teaching a seminar on Islam at the St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture, making this her fourth year teaching the class.

Q&A: Ithaca College professor taught Islam class in Russia

By Celisa Calacal, Opinion Editor • August 31, 2016
In July 2016, politics professor Asma Barlas taught a seminar on Islam at St. Petersburg State University in Russia.
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