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MCC Daily Tribune

Welcome Ramadan with the Muslim Student Association Today

Help welcome Ramadan this Thursday with the Muslim Student Association.  MSA will have an information table on the Terrace from 11 am to 1 pm today.  Please stop by!  

Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, March 22.  The fasting period is from sunrise to sunset. Please see the end of this message for information about campus interfaith rooms.  If other resting areas are needed during this time, please reach out to our office to see how we can help.

Here are some ways we can support our Muslim students, faculty, and staff this season (text and links included below):

What You Need to Know to Support Muslim Students This Ramadan:

  • Academics extensions may be needed during times of late-night prayers (especially during last nights of Ramadan)
  • Reasonable accommodations may be offered for finals, exams, and field trips, given the difficulties of a changed schedule and eating habits. Minimize student stress.
  • Living on Campus:  Understanding of Ramadan as a time of spiritual cleansing and reflection. Altered schedule may impact neighbors.
  • Prayer Times:  Many students are more observant during Ramadan. In addition to accommodations for regular prayers, it may be necessary to grant permission for students to leave class or turn off cameras and mute to pray (10 minutes) or break their fast. Be mindful of evening programs conflicting with worship.
  • Increase awareness about safety due to increased visibility for Muslims during Ramadan, this time can also bring an increase in Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crimes. More Muslim students will be out late at night due to prayers. Increase information about personal safety resources.
  • Acknowledge Ramadan and Eid; wish students well. (It is appropriate to say Ramadan Mubarak, which translates to “Happy Ramadan.”)
  • Cultivate a spirit of appreciation and respect for this holy time and the efforts of the Muslim community.

Credit goes to UMass, Boston for sharing these tips.

Find other resources about Ramadan at these links:

MCC's Interfaith Room at the Brighton Campus is open with registration of your M number.  Email mccglobaleducation@monroecc.edu to register your M number and swipe into the room.  The Interfaith Room at the downtown campus is available to students as well.  Ask the front desk on the first floor for access to the interfaith room.  

Christina Lee
Global Education & International Services
03/23/2023