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Q Stands for Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham Q Started as an Al-Qaeda splinter group Q Sunni extremist group Q Leader: Abu Bakr alBaghdadi Q Its goal is to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and Syria. Q ISIS is using social media to recruit thousands of foreign fighters. Q They are persecuting and committing genocide against Christians, Shia Muslims, Assyrians, Syriac and Armenian Christians, Yazidis, Druze, Shabaks, Mandeurs and any disobeying Sharia law. Q In February 2015, the Pentagon estimated 20,000-30,000 ISIS fighters.
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advocating the truthful and peaceful aspect of Muhammad, nor do they understand his message, Ahmed said. “Islam is all about moderation, and the prophet always promoted moderation in everything we do,” Martini said. One goal of handing out flowers Wednesday was to make the organization and its members more proactive. Members said rather than defending their religion and being apologists, they connected with people to educate those who are ignorant of the Islamic faith. Ahmed said the Muslim American Society promotes participation in social activism, service and practicing citizenship duties. He added that the community-driven aspects of the organization makes it an asset and attractive to Muslims of all ages. “The thing that draws me toward MAS is its methodology,” said Aliaa Taha, sophomore in Engineering, “It’s very big picture and focuses on self-development and outreach. It takes a very holistic approach to issues that are relevant today.”
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Members of the Muslim American Society handed out colorful fl owers, embellished with sayings by the Prophet Muhammad, Wednesday on the Main Quad to promote social awareness about Muhammad and the Islamic faith. “God loves and befriends a servant who is pious, abstinent and unostentatious,” read one of the messages. The University’s chapFOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINI ter of the Muslim AmerIllinois’ Mike Dudek catches the ball during the game against Penn State at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 22. Dudek tore his ACL ican Society organized the two-day event, titled at spring practice Wednesday. “Muhammad: The Orphan who Adopted the World.” Sameha Martini, the group’s event coordinator and sophomore in LAS, said Wednesday’s event aimed to counteract the current BY ELYSSA KAUFMAN perceptions surrounding Building better business STAFF WRITER Muslims and the Islamic A new University program will allow minority businesses Receive $10 million per year Minority business owners faith. access to information technology contracts. by the program’s 4th year in Illinois will soon have the “We want to show them opportunity to better their the real Muhammad and Groups involved: strategic planning, infrastructure, businesses with the help of how he treated the women Vendors can apply through information security, software application in his life, his neighbors the University. The Univerthe Illinois for Higher development, customer service, and teaching sity is using a new state proand his enemies,” Martini Education Website and learning. gram to give minority busisaid. nesses access to millions of Members of the Muslim 30 qualified firms Who: minority business dollars worth of information American Society said the owners, including women technology contracts. Islamic faith is often misIn 2011, former president represented by the media, Michael Hogan implementwhich often associates Mused a pilot program to give lims with terror attacks and departments at the UniverISIS. sity better access to short The group said it is chalterm information technollenging the misconceptions ogy resources. associated with the Islamic Michael Hites, senior faith by educating people about Muhammad and his associate vice president teachings. for Administration Information Technology Servic- SOURCE: Michael Hites, senior associate vice president for Administration Information Technology Services Muzammil Ali, sophoTHE DAILY ILLINI es, said after analyzing what more in Engineering, diswas learned in the pilot pro- would take advantage of The business enterprise “U of I officials project cussed the group’s goal to gram, the University pro- the state’s designation for program works with minor- the initiative could result in fight ISIS and counteract posed a new sheltered mar- the business enterprise ity owned qualified or certithe media’s perception of fied vendors in Illinois. SEE BUSINESS | 3A them. ket request program which program. “Extremists hijacked our religion, and now we’re trying to take it back,” Ali said. The organization’s members said the extremists involved with ISIS proBY DARRAH PERRYMAN costs of the tuition waivers. claim they are doing the STAFF WRITER If the bill is passed, work of Muhammad. Not One draw for University employees who have worked only is this false, they said, employees is the many bene- for state universities for but it makes people think fits and perks that come with seven or more years will no that Islam as a whole is working at a state universi- longer receive the partial innately bad. Ahmed Taha, president ty, including the 50 percent tuition waivers currently of the University’s MAS tuition waivers available to available for their children. branch said Muhammad’s “It is important for us to their children. However, this benefit is work together in the comteachings showed his folbeing threatened by House ing days, regardless of lowers how to be an inteBill 403, which was pro- where you work in the Unigral part of society while also asking for their rights. posed by State Rep. Jack versity or what your status Franks, D-63, in the Gener- may be,” Ammons said. “We “(He told us) we need to will have to work together to be truthful, nice, patient, al Assembly on Jan. 28. SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINI brave and to stand up for State Rep. Carol Ammons, prevent some of the things D-103, held a press con- we see coming . . . that will State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-103, holds a press conference any of your rights, if your main rights are transference on Wednesday in not only hurt our ability to opposing the proposed elimination of tuition waivers for gressed against,” Ahmed opposition to Frank’s bill. deliver services to the stu- public Illinois universities at the Illini Union on Wednesday. said. Ammons invited several dents — but to the state, to worked at the University more children will have the people affected by the bill the world.” Meanwhile, ISIS is not to speak about their experiMaeve Reilly, director for 20 years. She said the means to receive an educaences, generating a discus- of communications at the waivers are beneficial for sion about the benefits and Beckman Institute, has the state of Illinois because SEE WAIVER | 3A
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Aly Taha, sophomore in Business, gives a flower to Kayla Smith, senior in LAS, as he explains the significance of Muhammad during the “Muhammad: The Orphan Who Adopted the World” event on the Main Quad on Wednesday.
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