Monday, March 12. 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Student stays true to faith
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"It is hard, but rewarding," she said.
Praying five times a day is one of the Five Pillars, or primary duties, of Islam.
Sufi's prayers are recited verses from the Koran, Islam's holy text, and can be prayed silently or out loud. Sufi and other Muslims face east toward the city of Mecca when they pray. She said it was nice to know other Muslims around the world were praying at the same time.
Being a Muslim on a college campus isn't always easy. Sufi said she had made a personal choice to dress moderately, but she does not wear a hijab—a scarf covering the head—when she goes out in public.
Salma Adamu, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, has opted for a more traditional style of dress — she always wears a hijab.
"The hijab is very liberating." she said. "Our bodies are beautiful, vet personal."
Adamu, whose parents are from Nigeria, said that most people saw the scarf as oppressive, but she said she chose to wear it because she wanted people to see her for who she was on the inside and not judge her value by the clothes she wore.
Kiran Ahmed, a graduate student who has split her time equally between living in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United States, also chooses to wear the hijab when in public. She laughed as she talked about the differences in cultures and recounted an earlier experience at the University.
When she was a junior she was assigned to Templin Hall. Ahmed had indicated her preference for no males in the room on her housing application.
"I thought that meant no boys could come to the room at all, instead of no boys sleeping in the room," she said.
When she arrived at her room, she said she was shocked when her mothermate said that her best friend was a guy and that he would probably come over a lot. She bolted to her room, crying, and called her dad. Within a few days, her new home was
"I felt violated, because I wasn't used to it," Ahmed said. "I was used to having my father and brothers in my house, but not other boys. That was my personal space."
McCollum Hall.
Sufi, Adamu and Ahmed sat talking and laughing — shoes off, scarves on — after the Jummah prayer service on Friday.
After prayer, talk turned to lighthearted subjects such as dating and what kind of food is OK to eat. But when the talk turned to misconceptions and stereotypes about the Muslim people, the tone grew more serious. Because of the violence in the Middle East between Muslims and Jews, the Muslims are often viewed as militant troublemakers, they said.
"It's a religion of peace," Adamu said. "To be Muslim means to submit to the will of God. God doesn't want war."
Bukhari, vice president of the Muslim Student Association said some groups had more of a political agenda than a religious one.
"When politics is the objective, then the controlling factor isn't religion anymore," she said.
Beverly Mack, associate professor of African Studies, said that American students rarely had the opportunity to learn about Islam, except through the negative stereotypes put forth in media coverage. The course she teaches, Women and Islam, provides an introduction to Islam with specific attention to women's roles.
"Its main emphasis is on the spirit of equity inherent in Islam, which often is not evident in contemporary Western news stories," Mack said. "For centuries, the Western media have perpetrated the belief that Muslims are the enemy, turning the veil into a symbol of oppression. Oppression is never the aim of Islam."
For Sufi, the past year has been a time of reflection and introspection into her faith. But she said she has learned one thing for sure.
"Being a Muslim is definitely a way of life."
bring glory to Cordova. Thanks to the intervention of two friends — who fell in love and married — Diego and Isabella reunited, and he won the national bull fighting championship.
Greek performances earn praise, money
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Edited by Doug Pacey
After that came Phi Delta Theta's and Pi Beta Phi's "Spare Me." It took place at a ballet alley in the 1980s. Ricky DeSplit(Geoff Gross, Great Bend senior) was given
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Travis Lagner, Overland Park senior and one of the
show's directors, said the show's message was that persistence and confidence succeed in the end.
A record deal is Vickie's dream in Phi Gamma Delta's and Delta Delta Delta's "In Style." The audience was welcomed to Club Style in New York, where Vickie and Chaz, a musical duet, were trying to secure a record deal so Vickie wouldn't have to return to Kansas and live with her parents.
"It's just a little cheesy story about two people in love and making it in record business," said Kelli Colyer, one of the show's directors.
A falsely imprisoned convict escaped from prison and returned to a fishing village to clear his name and get revenge on the person who framed him in Sigma Nu's and Kappa Delta's "What a Catch." The local hero turned out to be the guilty party, and the escaped convict was vilified and took his nemesis' girlfriend.
Brian Russel, Overland Park lecturer in the school of business; said he had been going to the show for the last three years to see his students perform, but he thought this year's show was the best he had ever seen.
"I just thought the shows were the most polished and the variety of them was entertaining," he said. "I was just very impressed with the amount of time and effort the greeks obviously put into it."
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