Inclusive Excellence at DU

1. The Denver Islamic Society,
only about a five minute
drive from DU, is a three-
story building consisting of a
main musullah (prayer hall),
a private sisters’ musullah, a
meeting area, classrooms a
library and a warming
kitchen.

2. Samiha Matin, a second-year
international studies student, is a
practicing Muslim and chooses to
wear a hijab everyday.

3. The
Washington
Post reports
that following
9/11, hate
crimes
against
Muslims on
college
campuses
increased
tenfold.

4. In addition to being co-president of DU’s Muslim
Student Association, Matin works as a resident
assistant at the Johnson-Macfarlane hall dorms.

5. The Huffington Post reported
that 94% of terrorist attacks in
the United States from 1980 to
2005 were carried out by non-
Muslims.

7. Du’s Center for Multicultural Excellence and
Muslim Student Association serve as
resources for a more inclusive community.

9. “…every student is provided the same
opportunities. Whether or not they choose to
take them is a personal decision that they
have the agency to take.” –Samiha Matin

11. Posters such as this are plentiful on
the DU campus and serve to
eliminate harmful college
phenomena such as rape culture
and discrimination.

12. According to Matin, the key to creating an
Islamophobic-free environment lies in the
ability to speak up against an injustice when
you see it.