Allies Form A Circle Of Protection Around Muslim Students Praying In Michigan
In
outright defiance of the rising levels anti-Muslim hate in America,
University of Michigan students joined forces on Monday to protect their
own. After hearing that a Muslim student had reportedly been threatened
for her faith, hundreds of students and faculty showed up to stand
guard around classmates who had gathered in a main square to perform one
of Islam’s five daily prayers. The public Ishaa prayer, or nighttime
prayer, was organized by the university’s Muslim Student Association.
Club president Farhan Ali, a junior, told The Huffington Post that
members of his group wanted to show the campus that they were proud to
be Muslim. “Some individuals were afraid that we might be vulnerable
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