Campus Greek Life Could Get Islamic Touch

Los Angeles Times ^ | 11-22-05 | By Jenny Jarvie

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Campus Greek Life Could Get Islamic Touch Young Muslim women are intrigued by the prospect of a sorority where they wouldn't have to compromise their religious beliefs.

By Jenny Jarvie, Times Staff Writer

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tottering on stilettos, Amira Shalash, a freshman at the University of Kentucky, tossed back her long, tousled hair and tugged at the neckline of her sweater, which had slipped off her shoulder.

Giggling, her friends — who wear hijabs, traditional Muslim head scarves — teased her that she was not dressed modestly enough.

[oldleft]

Hey Amira, whatcha doing tonight?

"Oh, I think I'll go over to the Muslim Frat with some friends and get stoned..."

[billorites]

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I wonder if the hazing will include female "circumcision"?

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[July 4th]

I bet their house parties are a riot. "No kegs! Infidels must die!"

[Semper Paratus]

Can't wait for them hold a "Slave Auction".

[dennisw]

argggggggggggggg

[kimosabe31]

Is that the muslim SOB Belushi?

[LauraleeBraswell]

I have no problem with Muslim women getting together and forming a sorority. But I would have a problem with Muslim men forming a frat.

[YouPosting2Me]

Push the cocktail wieners... nobody is touching them...

[dagnabbit]

Death of the West via immigration insanity.

[petercooper]

[2banana]

An African American who converted to Islam in 2000, Abdul-Haqq considered joining an established black sorority but worried that she would have to compromise her Muslim beliefs. Even the nickname for the nine predominantly black fraternities and sororities — the Divine Nine — makes her uncomfortable. Only Allah, she says, is divine.

"As a Muslim who dresses modestly and does not drink, I wouldn't want to set myself apart from the people I was pledging with," she said. "I want to feel the unity."

The Muslim women at the University of Kentucky said they also wanted that feeling of connection.

"The American white-bread sorority girls wouldn't always understand our issues," Aghil said. "We already wear a scarf, we recognize we are the odd people out, but we need a support system, a group that can support us in the Islamic way."

Does anyone but me find this extremely racist? Could you imagine a white person talking this way and being taken seriously?

[Welsh Rabbit]

"The American white-bread sorority girls wouldn't always understand our issues," Aghil said.

The feeling is mutual, I'm sure.

[brownsfan]

"The American white-bread sorority girls "

How is that not a racial slur?
And if a white girl called the Arab muslims camel jockeys or sand n******, that would be ok?

[twigs]

No, but they might be charged with uttering hate speech!

[ZULU]

I don't have a problem with either - as long as its somewhere else - like Saudia Arabia, etc.

[ArmyTeach]

It sounds more like a service sorority. I was invited to join one when I was in our local community college. No sororities at my U. I can see young Muslim women doing well in a service sorority, as long as they don't serve the Islamist agenda.

[twigs]

Giggling, her friends — who wear hijabs, traditional Muslim head scarves — teased her that she was not dressed modestly enough.

Quite seriously, if I were a Muslim, this would make me extremely nervous. I would be afraid of being targeted by the dress police. Or the morality police. And the Islamic ones don't talk before they take care of the problem.

[yldstrk]

They really need to close that stupid "Greek" system down. It's an anachronism just like the country club. Here in Kansas, I hate to mention it, because Kansas has been getting a lot of press for its stupid mistakes lately, KU is getting sued for hazing, making pledges tough poop and stupid stuff like that. What pray tell, does all that have to do with learning how to think?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Is that the muslim SOB Belushi?

He wasn't Muslim.