Who and What Should MSAs Represent?
What do you believe an MSA (college/university) should primarily represent; Islam or Muslims?
**Background info**
Like so many universities, there is a very clear divide b/w the muslims on my campus. There are those muslims who are at a high level of eeman/taqwa and those whose eeman is not as strong. And therefore some of the "weaker" muslims choose to engage in activities such as hookah or other such "dodgy" activites. And consequently, the muslims at a "higher" level, have made the MSA into a completely polarized organization. To the point where the "liberal" muslims far out number the "conservative" muslims. Keeping in mind that the "liberal" muslims, do infact want to be actively involved with the MSA and by no means want to corrupt the Islamic core of MSA, but at the same time don't get involved because of constantly being judged.
So the question is what should MSA primarily represent. If it is indeed the student body, then through democracy, should they be allowed to determine the tone and enviroment of MSA events.
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