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May 8, 2013

MSA National Strategic Plan: 50 Years and Moving Forward

As you know, this year MSA National turns 50 years old!  Since its founding in 1963, MSA National has strived to serve the Muslim students of the US and Canada.  So much progress has been made with Allah’s help, and we have you, generations of members, volunteers and supporters, to thank as we mark MSA National’s golden anniversary.

Strategic planning

As we all celebrate this occasion ...

By: Dema Assaf

If you’re like me, you’ve probably been a bit frustrated with all you’ve been hearing on the news, especially in the wake of the Boston bombings a few weeks ago.  I remember coming home from work that day and tuning in to CNN to figure out what exactly was going on.  I watched the footage of the first bomb, then the second–the frantic scattering of runners and spectators, ...

By Nesha Usmani

While I was a member of the MSA during most of my undergraduate college career, I was never very active aside from sporadically attending general body meetings or dinners. It was definitely not because I did not want to be or had no interest, I was simply involved with other things.

Looking back, I see how lame of an excuse that really was.

I don’t know why I wasn’t as active as I should have been. Perhaps I felt that ...

By: Ayat Aldoori and Reyhan Hoq

In light of the upcoming Earth Day on April 22, we wanted to share a few ideas on how to make your MSA (or your life) more environmentally friendly. As Muslims it is important for us to take care of our environment, as Allah says:

“Hence, do not spread corruption on earth after it has been so well ordered. And call unto Him with fear and longing: verily, God’s grace is ever near unto the doers ...

By: Aatifa Shareef

This article is written in response to “Mosques are Missing the Point”. The attitude, “The mosque needs to be a hospital for the broken, not a guild for ‘good people’” should not be limited to mosques, rather it should be applied to all Islamic institutions. The one I am most familiar with is the university MSA. These are my thoughts in regards to whom the Muslim Students Association at a ...