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QUMSA advocates to preserve prayer spaces around campus

Written on November 12, 2021. Posted in News.

Amongst JDUC redevelopment plans, The Journal sat down with the Queen’s University Muslim Students Association (QUMSA) to discuss measures to ensure the preservation of prayer spaces in the building. QUMSA provides students with religious services, community events, and advocacy. The MusAllah, currently...

Finding a religious and spiritual community at Queen's

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in Features.

“There’s this myth out there that religion/faith/spirituality is declining, and that people are becoming less and less religiously oriented, but I really don’t think that’s the case,” Ryan Farrell, associate pastor at Queen’s Christian community Geneva House, said in an interview with The Journal. “I...

Muslim and Indigenous women discuss faith and work

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in News.

On Oct. 22, the Islamic Society of Kingston (ISK) held a panel titled “How Faith Drives our Work: Perspectives from Indigenous and Muslim Women.” Mona Rahman, ArtSci ’93 and PhD ‘01, said panel members discussed how faith drives their work. “Rather than us talking, it would be better to go and...

How a semester-long practicum turned into Queer Muslim Resistance

Written on June 28, 2021. Posted in Arts.

“As a queer Muslim, we’re often faced with this idea of impossibility—like it’s impossible to be queer and Muslim. And that’s coming from all sides.” Maha,* MA, started a practicum project under Professor Burcu Baba in Sept. 2020 that has since evolved into the Queer Muslim Resistance podcast—she...

The false dichotomy between queerness and Islam only hurts queer people

Written on June 28, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

You can either be queer or you can be Muslim. This is something I’ve thought about more and more this pride month. For Muslims worldwide, our identities are trapped in this dichotomy. Sometimes the problem is caused by the bigotry present in mainstream Muslim communities, largely driven by colonization...

We need more nuanced representations of Muslim women

Written on February 26, 2021. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

Whenever we talk about representation of a minority group, we always talk about how to do it ‘right’ or ‘wrong.’ It’s no different for Muslim characters—we need them to be perfectly imperfect. We need them to represent us in the way that brings us tolerance and acceptance. This often means that we’re...

Next step for Queen’s response to US immigrant ban: more than just words

Written on February 3, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Canadian universities have the power to be safe havens for vulnerable communities and positive values — so far, Queen’s is wielding this power well. After American President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to ban immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days, several...

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QUMSA advocates to preserve prayer spaces around campus

Finding a religious and spiritual community at Queen's

Muslim and Indigenous women discuss faith and work

How a semester-long practicum turned into Queer Muslim Resistance

The false dichotomy between queerness and Islam only hurts queer people

We need more nuanced representations of Muslim women

Next step for Queen’s response to US immigrant ban: more than just words

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