Posted on 01/04/2006 2:32:37 AM PST by RWR8189
America's first Islamic sorority is more about God than being Greek.
There will be no beer at Gamma Gamma Chi functions, in obedience to Islamic law, nor will there be group fraternizing with the opposite sex.
"Partying is allowed in Islam, but it's how you party," said Althia Collins, an Alexandria businesswoman who has helped create it. "You can have fun with girls and it doesn't have to include men."
Thirteen women at the University of Kentucky will form the sorority's first college chapter this spring, and another group is waiting to start at the University of Maryland's Baltimore campus. A citywide chapter in the District, made up of women from several local universities, is also in the works.
Along with pledges, there will be prayer to Allah. Instead of hazing, there's hijab, the scarf some devout Muslim women wear. Covering one's hair is not mandated within Gamma Gamma Chi; in fact, four out of the five board members do not wear one.
Mrs. Collins' daughter, Imani Abdul-Haqq, came up with concept for Gamma Gamma Chi while rushing sororities at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C.
As Mrs. Abdul-Haqq entered the room wearing her scarf, "They looked at her like she had three heads," Mrs. Collins said.
Plus, a lot of sororities had Christian roots or began meetings with a Christian prayer, which discomfited the daughter, who converted to Islam in 1999. Since then, she has designed a line of Islamic wear, including T-shirts for women with slogans like "Real Women Pray" and "NO, I am not oppressed."
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Religious discrimination?
Do you think the liberals will jump on this? The ACLU?
Heads will roll at the initiation.
Let them form groups publically, it will be easier to wire tap them that way.
"who converted to Islam in 1999. Since then, she has designed a line of Islamic wear, including T-shirts for women with slogans like "Real Women Pray" and "NO, I am not oppressed.""
- Yeah, you pray to Satan and no, you are not oppressed, you are the oppressors. You are an enslaved mind to the alter ego (Allah) of a narcissist pedophile named Mohammed who's with his brainwashed mind slaved minions raped, tortured, enslaved, raided, murdered, assassinated, terrorized and destroyed a once tolerant and mostly peaceful area of the world into a backward paranoid hellhole.
- Mohammed was not a great man, he was not holy, he was a monster and a terrorist thug. When compared to Hitler, Hitler comes out as less evil. At least Hitler didn’t have sex with children.
So what's new? That's pretty typical on campuses these days.
LOL! Just took me five minutes to clean the coffee off my monitor.
I think that we can come with other requirements. To be a officer, they have to burn 5 cars on the way to class.
ain't no party like a Muslim party cuz a Muslim party don't stop...
I think there is a real possibility of these things coming to pass. If they start making statements, even if only to each other, then devout Muslims on campus will begin to harass them.
is not false = is false OR is not true. Yikes.
You can have fun with girls and it doesn't have to include men."
Islamolesbians?
Not all Muslims are terrorists or terrorist sympathizers.
My only concern with this story is the double standard the media and the liberals have in regards to religious gatherings on campuses. Christian groups are disbanded or ordered to accept to non-Christian members to their groups while other groups are allowed to be as discriminatory as they like.
There will be no beer at Gamma Gamma Chi functions, in obedience to Islamic law, nor will there be group fraternizing with the opposite sex.
My goodness, whats the use of having a sorority if you can't have mindless, beer-fueled fun?
What, no wet bhurka contests? Outrageous....
Looks like a Calypso Louie Fruit of Islam venture.
LOL! Words fail me. Is part of the initiation strapping on a bomb and walking into the Student Center? The stupidity - yes stupidity! - of these women is breathtaking!!!!!
Try wearing that in Saudi Arabia dumba**!
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