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Project Nur is a student-led initiative of the American Islamic Congres. Taking its name from the Arabic word for light (نور), Project Nur positions itself as a Muslim-led forum for students from various backgrounds, cultures, and faith to come together to celebrate their differences, solidify their commonalities, and bring light or knowledge to their respective communities. Project Nur aims to improve intercultural understanding through a civic approach as well as challenge the perception of a monolithic uniform Muslim community in the United States and abroad.

Mission Statement

PN aims to provide an alternative Muslim voice in college campuses throughout the US. Traditionally, Muslim student groups and the term “Muslim” have been associated with religion, and less often culture. PN seeks to allow for interaction between interaction between positive relationships between American Muslim students and students of other backgrounds. Through its message of tolerance, moderate thinking and civic engagement, PN challenges the perception of a monolithic uniform Muslim community. PN is exceptional in that it allows for positive interaction between positive relationships between American Muslim students and students of other backgrounds. Students work together to promote human rights and social justice in order to achieve intercultural understanding and awareness about abuses and inequalities that affect communities here in the US and abroad.

Goals

GOALS: Project Nur has four goals

• Project Nur aims to form a social arena for students to represent a strong identity of multicultural backgrounds and opinions, while opening the doors for people of other cultures to come, share, discuss, and ask questions in a multicultural setting.
• Project Nur's goal is to a build a student led initiative for human rights and civil rights led by students in order to denounce hate speech and violence, by being committed to co-existence, tolerance and individual human and civil rights.
• Project Nur aims to create the ground for voices of pluralism of Muslim-Americans and non-Muslim Americans by working with students who are progressive, reformist, liberal, secular, moderate or conservative and without proselytizing and judging Muslims of different thought.
• We do not make religious rulings, and the chapters will not provide a religious agenda. The role of Project Nur is to promote human rights, promote positive social change in the pursuit of civil rights, and celebrate cultural and social identities students whether the individuals are religious or not.

Muslim Film Festivals

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References

• Religion Facts. Homosexuality and Islam [1]
• Project Nur Official Website. "A light on Campus" [2]
• PR Newswire. Project Nur Announces Vigil for Darfur at Sudanese Embassy: 'Deliver a People's Arrest Warrant for Omar Al-Bashir.' October 24th, 2008. [3]
• Reuters. October 21s, 2008. Project Nur Co-sponsors Panel at George Washington University on Islam and Homosexuality [4]
• Talk Radio News Service. Project Nur organizes Student Protest against the Imprisonment of Sayed Parwez Kaambaskh in front of the Embassy of Afghanistan. February 15th, 2008. [5]
• Campus Progress. Media Boot Camp at the Project Nur Student Leadership Conference [6]
• Reuters. American Islamic Congress Launches Second Annual DC Muslim Film Festival Exploring. February 13th, 2009 [7]