SLU Muslim Students Association - MSA

Salaam everyone! SLU MSA is participating in a fundraiser to raise money for the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. This organization supports relief and reconstruction efforts in Yemen, facilitates campaigns to bring peace to the country, and increases awareness of the US public and policymakers about the humanitarian crisis underway in Yemen. All donations will be matched, so please support this wonderful cause and to see the eboard members participate in some fun and exciting dares!

Checks can be made out to: Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation (Message us and we can pick up checks!)

Venmo: zesh5678

A joint statement from SLU HSC, MSA, and ISA:

On 11 December 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act. This act would provide a pathway for citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian minorities fleeing from religious persecution from the neighboring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. The act explicitly excludes Muslim immigrants from this pathway. The passage of this act has sparked violent protests across India. The protests, led by primarily university students, have been met with incidents of police brutality resulting in numerous injuries and deaths.

We understand that members of our SLU community may have friends and family affected by this conflict.

We stand in support of the victims of these conflicts and their friends, family, and peers.

We stand in solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters.

We stand in affirmation with the concerns of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who states:

“The amended law would appear to undermine the commitment to equality before the law enshrined in India's constitution and India's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, to which Indian is a State party, which prohibit discrimination based on racial, ethnic or religious grounds. Although India's broader naturalization laws remain in place, these amendments will have a discriminatory effect on people's access to nationality.”

We highly encourage everyone to educate themselves and bring awareness to these issues.

National Register of Citizens:
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/10/721188838/millions-in-india-face-uncertain-future-after-being-left-off-citizenship-list

Citizenship Amendment Act:
https://apnews.com/ebcc80d2f7e4bf0d911168d4e25d1f97 https://time.com/5746688/india-citizenship-amendment-bill/

UN Human Rights Commissioner Statement:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25425&LangID=E

OHCHR | Press briefing on India The amended legislation seeks to expedite citizenship for religious minorities – naming specifically only Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians - fleeing persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who have been resident before 2014. But it does not extend the same protec...