Interfaith

Muslim Community Center Opens at Duke

For Duke’s Muslim Chaplin Abdullah Antepli the opening of the gray clapboard house that will be used as the Muslim Life Center was one of the happiest days of his life. 100 faculty, staff and students gathered for the official opening of the center. A law student, Mazen Alrhoob led the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer. A brief reading from the Koran followed and then several Duke Officials addressed the crowed about the importance of the event.

The president of the college, Richard Brodhead, and the Duke Chapel Dean, Sam Wells, stated that a strong Muslim community was essential for Duke to be the best it could be. The president of the Muslim Students Association and a senior at Duke, Fatemah Ahmed, was grateful to the university for its commitment to the Muslim community. She emphasized that the center is open to anyone. Everyone is welcome to come in and have a cup of tea.

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