Living Islam on Campus is the first-ever exclusively online conference for college and university students around the world (high school students also welcome!). The themes of the conference are balancing activism and spirituality, and protecting our deen on college campuses while remaining active members of the Muslim student community. Each session will include time for questions & answers from the attendees. We will also be lucky to have two practical management training sessions from COMPASS, as well as a special welcome by a member of the MSA National Executive Committee.
Registration for the day is only $15 — for either individuals or groups that will be listening from one computer. We encourage you to get together with others at your school or local community and have one person register for all of you to attend together. All sessions will be online and accessible from any computer with an Internet connection.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Sister Atifa Chiragh
Atifa Chiragh was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Marketing and an MBA in Management Information Systems both from Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico. She currently works at Honeywell International as a Systems Integration Analyst. Atifa has served as president, advisor and vice president of the MSA at UNM. Prior to joining COMPASS, Atifa was an active member of the Programs Task Force (2000 to 2005) and served as the program chair for the MSA Continental Conference in 2004.
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
After graduating from University of Toronto where he served as the MSA Vice-President from 1994-1996, Shaykh Faraz traveled abroad and studied for ten years in Damascus, Amman, and Karachi with scholars including Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, Shaykh Adib Kallas, and Mufti Mahmoud Ashraf Usmani. Encouraged by his instructors to return to the West to teach, he now lives in Toronto with his wife and three children. He has two published books: Sufism & Good Character and The Absolute Essentials of Islam: A Basic Hanafi Primer on Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation. He currently teaches belief, law, and legal methodology on SunniPath Academy.
Shaykh Hamza Karamali
Over the course of eight years while also completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Toronto, Shaykh Hamza studied a number of subjects closely with Shaykh Talal Ahdab and memorized the Qur'an. He also spent several summers of intensive study in Damascus and Amman with teachers including Shaykh Amjad Rasheed, Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Kharsa, and Shaykh Akram Abd al-Wahhab. He now lives and studies privately with scholars in Amman, where he lives with his wife and two sons, and frequently travels to study with scholars in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. He currently teaches Arabic, law, and legal methodology on SunniPath Academy.
Sister Randa Kuziez
Sr. Randa attended Saint Louis University (SLU). While at SLU, Randa was involved with her local MSA, serving as the president. This past year, Randa worked with MSA National on the finances for the East Zone USA, Central Zone, and West Zone USA conferences. As this year's MSA National Treasurer, she looks forward to working with motivated college students to further advance MSA National and maintain the its ever-growing network of students.
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari
Coming from a mixed Lebanese-American and African-American background, Ustadha Zaynab spent four years in Syria where she obtained a Thanawiyya Shar’iyyah with distinction from Abu Nour Islamic Foundation and studied advanced Arabic at the University of Damascus. Upon returning to the United States, she continued her Islamic studies and also studied at Georgia Perimeter College, where she served as MSA Treasurer and President, and Georgia State University, where she earned a B.A. in History and a B.I.S. in Middle Eastern Studies summa cum laude. She currently teaches belief, law, and hadith on SunniPath Academy.
ABOUT PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
About MSA National
Established in January 1963, the Muslim Students Association of the U.S. & Canada (MSA National) continues to serve Muslim students during their college and university careers by facilitating their efforts to establish, maintain and develop local MSA chapters. Learn more at www.MSANational.org.
About Compass
COMPASS is MSA National's state-of-the-art management training program. Designed to address the growing demand for management training programs from campus organizations, COMPASS strives to offer Muslim students the skills, tools, and resources they need to best serve their communities. Learn more at www.MSACompass.org.
About SunniPath Academy
SunniPath grew out of the first-ever online offering of Islamic courses in 1998 and an email list dedicated to answering religious questions. Those working on the effort realized the tremendous demand for reliable online religious knowledge and realized that the Internet was a blessing in these times where access to reliable scholarship is so difficult. In Fall 2004, the first online courses were officially launched under the new SunniPath name. Since then, SunniPath has grown into the largest online Islamic academy. Dedicated to the effective transmission of reliable and relevant religious knowledge using the latest techniques of online learning, SunniPath’s goal is to connect students all over the world with qualified teachers. Learn more at www.SunniPath.com
Questions? Submit a Help Ticket.