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The Muslim Students'
Association (MSA) provides Yale students with the opportunity to come
together in a supportive Muslim environment and seeks to educate the
Yale and New Haven communities about Islam. All students and community
members are welcome to MSA activites and events. Above all we recognize
that students are at varied levels in their own faith and we are
welcoming to all, regardless of the extent of one's religious knowledge
or determination.
Regular activities organized by the MSA include weekly dinner meetings in one of the residential college dining halls, jumu’ah prayer services on Friday, a halaqa (discussion circle) every Wednesday, and ‘isha
prayer congregations every night. In addition, each semester features
several social gatherings such as pizza study breaks, chill sessions,
sisters’ hangouts, and movie nights. Even a “Muslim Mango
Madness” night (with mango lassi, mango shakes, and mango ice-cream!) is not left only upto imagination! Ramadan for us is the busiest and most inspiring time of the year: the MSA organizes daily iftaar dinners and suhoors (sometimes even featuring halal hotdogs or freshly-cooked chicken jalfrezi!), as well as Taraweeh prayers at night, and of course, the grand annual Ramadan Banquet!
Other annual events include the
kick-off barbeque to welcome our freshmen, a “Meet and
Greet”, and the traditional hike to East Rock. Every Spring, the
MSA holds an annual Islamic Awareness Week with the purpose of better
acquainting the campus community with the faith of its members. Also in
the Spring every year is the Critical Islamic Reflections
(CIR) conference, organized by the MSA in sponsorship with other
organizations. Now in its fifth year, CIR aims to pursue critical
academic scholarship on issues relating to Islam and Muslim society.
The MSA believes in active
involvement on campus, and works to participate in organizing many
events sponsored by other associations such as the AASA-affiliated groups, the Arab Students Association, the Multifaith Council, the Yale Hillel, the Afro-American, Asian-American and Latino Cultural centers, and others.
A selection of flyers from our past activites/events:
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