CAMPUS: SOLE hosts Muslim inclusivity event on campus
CAMPUS: SOLE hosts Muslim inclusivity event
By Mireilly GonzalezFormer Managing EditorPublished Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023
As part of the Social Justice Leadership Series, SOLE hosted an event to learn about Ramadan for April’s National Arab American Heritage Month.
Ramadan is a month of fasting, which occurred from March 22 to April 20. It is one of the five pillars of faith. The five pillars are a declaration of faith, obligatory prayer, compulsory giving, fasting in the month of Ramadan and pilgrimage to Mecca.
Two people invited were Assistant Professor of petroleum engineering Khaled A. Enab and Islamic Center of Laredo President Abdul Rahman, who oversees the only mosque in the city.
According to Pew Research Center, an estimated 3.45 million Muslims of all ages lived in t...