Arabic 101 with Five College Professor Mohammad El-Sawi Hassan - Free Introductory Lesson

Visiting scholar of linguistics Mohamed El-Sawi Hassan is the chairman of the Five College Arabic language program.

Islamic ethics teach Muslim gentlemen to always treat ladies according to the sayings and practices of their prophet. 

Seven Muslims caught "messing around" at Quabbin after midnight

Just weeks after the Boston bombing, seven Muslims were caught lurking around the Quabbin after midnight.

" State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore,  The seven individuals currently live in Amherst, Cambridge, Sunderland, Northampton and New York City."

 In their home countries they'd be stoned for even thinking about having a midnight romp like that.

Perhaps the Muslim students were just enjoying the freedoms that they are denied in their home countries.

Late-night trespassing at Quabbin by foreign students triggers precautionary state-wide terrorism alert

WARE - Massachusetts State Police announced Tuesday that it has notified the FBI and state terrorism officials after learning that seven people stopped for trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir just after midnight Tuesday turned out to be from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

State Police spokesman David Procopio said there is no evidence that the group of seven who were stopped at the reservoir near the middle entrance were engaged in terrorism or any crime beyond the trespassing charge.


Still, he said, state police have alerted officials with the FBI office in Springfield and the Commonwealth Fusion Center, which is the state’s centralized hub for collecting and analyzing data related to possible terrorism and threats to public safety.

Procopio said the state police would also be increasing patrols at Quabbin and at other water supplies around the state. The Quabbin is the major water supplier for the eastern part of the state, but also supplies water to Chicopee, Wilbraham and part of South Hadley. When full, the Quabbin holds 412 billion gallons of water.

“Further investigation is being undertaken because of the late hour when they were observed, their curious explanation for why they wanted to see the reservoir and the fact that they were in an area marked no trespassing,” Procopio said.

No one is allowed inside Quabbin an hour after sunset.

The seven people will be summonsed to appear in Hampshire District Court on the trespassing complaint, he said.

Their names were not released, he said, citing a state police policy against releasing names of suspects who are summonsed prior to an initial court appearance.

The group of five men and two women were spotted by state police at about 12:30 Tuesday walking away from the reservoir toward two vehicles. A trooper stopped them and cited them for violating a posted no-trespassing zone.

The group told police they were recent college graduates. Some were residing in the Amherst – Northampton area, while others were from Cambridge and New York City. All said they studied chemical engineering and they came out to see the Quabbin because it was in line with their education and career interests, Procopio said.

State police determined there were no warrants, detainers or advisories against any of the seven with Interpol, the FBI’s National Crime Information Center or with any state law enforcement agencies.

UMass Amherst - student from Belchertown found dead in car - another Hydrogen Sulfide suicide ?

Gosh, another death attributed to suicide by hydrogen sulfide near Amherst, Belchertown, and the Quabbin.

UMass senior dies off campus, cause remains unreleased

UMass Amherst Muslim Student Association (MSA) Looks to Expand

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Muslim Student Association Looks to Expand

Muslim Student Association Vice President Abdullah Majidi and President Salman Khanani led the MSA General Body Meeting last night through ways of expanding the group and educating people that are ignorant of the Islam religion.

As Majidi opens the MSA General Body Meeting, he says, "Bismillah," which is Arabic for "In the Name of Allah." From there, he and President Salman Khanani introduce to the group the idea of creating committees for Community Service and Islamic Education.

"[We, as Muslims need] to engage and educate Muslims and non-Muslims," said Majidi when talking about Islamic Education as a way to get rid of the negative stereotypes about Muslims.