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^T1 Teace be on those who follow guidance'
^ *- former Nation of Islam member preaches against Muslim stereotypes
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By Chris Martin
Staff writer
agine a man living deep inside a crime-rid-
en, drug-infested New York City neighbor-
ood. Through leadership, sociaJ work and
, the man helps take back the community,
imagine what this man can inspire in the
[as A&M community.
iraj Wahaj, a Muslim imam (leader of prayers)
om Brooklyn, N.Y., will address the issue of neg-
tive Muslim stereotypes Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
i Rudder Theatre for Islamic Awareness Week.
Ptbunoos Latheef, president of the Muslim Stu-
ent Association and a senior computer science
aajor, said Wahaj is a religious leader for main-
am Muslims.
Siraj Wahaj was initially attracted to the Nation
Hslam,” Latheef said. “He later learned about
instream Islam and went overseas to study Is-
im formally in Saudi Arabia.”
■n 1991, Wahaj became the first Muslim in his-
Oik' to open a session of the U.S. House of Repre-
entatives with a prayer and a reading from the Ko-
an, the sacred book of Islam.
iWahaj voiced his support for active community
involvement of Muslims in a press release from the
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
“Everybody in America participates in politics,”
Wahaj said. “The question is whether we are going
u We feel unfortunate that the media
portrays Islam as the next evil empire. It
puts up artificial barriers and prevents
people from learning.”
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Latheef said the purpose of Islamic Awareness
Week is to educate the campus about Muslim cul
ture, practices and international and local issues.
“I hope Wahaj addresses the struggles Muslims
face and how they are portrayed in a bad manner
by the media,” Latheef said. “Hopefully he will por
tray the truth.”
Latheef said Muslim students face special
challenges at A&M because they are different
from the majority.
“Muslim students at Northgate have had prob
lems, and [Muslim] students riding bikes have
been driven off the road,” Latheef said.
“The Islamic dress for women has also re
ceived harassment and derogatory words. I
hope that A&M students will come out and
learn about Islam — find out who the people
really are and not depend on the media and
other negative portrayals.”
Faisal Chaudhry, a computer science graduate
student, said that the theme ofWahaj’s lecture, “The
Islamic Threat - Myth or Reality,” will address the •
distorted and false images people adopt of Islam.
“We feel unfortunate that the media portrays
Islam as the next evil empire,” Chaudhry said. “It
puts up artificial barriers and prevents people
from learning.”
Chaudhry said the objective of Islamic Aware
ness Week is to increase the harmony and under
standing of the various cultures at A&M and to
eliminate the misconceptions and animosities di
rected toward Muslims.
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WHEN: Wednesday, October 8 — 6:00 PM
WHERE:
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NEW YORK
(AP)— Elton John
has nothing
against the Rolling
Stones, except
that the band has
n’t jettisoned Keith
Richards, a “mon
key with arthritis."
Richards The Daily News
exchangejt;reported Tuesday that John dispar-
i the Intemtbged his fellow aging rocker in an in-
of commiemrview with foreign journalists in At-
lestioffi ffliinta, captured on tape Sept. 30.
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lon album.
Mandela attends
Jackson’s concert
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) —
Getting tickets to a Michael Jackson
concert at the last minute isn’t easy,
unless you’re Nelson Mandela.
Attie van Wyk, promoter of Jack
son’s current five-concert tour of
South Africa, said the presidential
secretary called at 5 p.m. Monday to
say Mandela, his companion, Graca
Machel,and her three children would
like to attend that night’s concert.
“I arranged for him to meet
Michael Jackson and he had snacks
with the star and then we took him to
his seat,” Van Wyk said. “He sat
through the entire show and loved it.”
More than 70,000 people at
tended two shows in Cape Town on
Saturday and Monday. Jackson will
perform twice in Johannesburg and
once in Durban before flying to Paris.
Jack Paar recalls
friend’s beginnings
NEW YORK
(AP) — The
500th episode
of CNBC’s
“Charles
Grodin” was a
talk-show host
reunion, with
Jack Paar and
Regis Philbin re
counting how
they ail came to
know each other.
Paar said he was having a feud
with the late columnist and broad-
Philbin
caster Walter Winchell, “an evil
man.” One day, he said, Winchell
writes that he has discovered “the
young fellow that will chase Jack
Paar off the air, he is the best there
ever was — his name was Regis
Philbin. That was the first time I
ever heard about Regis.”
Award to recognize
Vietnam journalist
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — David
Halberstam will receive the Elijah
Parish Lovejoy award, which Colby
College presents each year to an out
standing journalist.
The author, who will accept the
award at a ceremony Nov. 13, won
the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his re
porting on the Vietnam War for The
New York Times.
His books include The Powers That
Be, a critical analysis of the American
news media, and The Making of A
Quagmire, Ho and The Best and the
Brightest, which probe America’s in
volvement in Vietnam.
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