Source: The Minnesota Daily

http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/04/05/63988

On April 5, 2005 The Minnesota Daily reported, "Al-Madinah Cultural Center (University of Minnesota) and the Muslim Students Association kicked off its Islam Awareness Week on Monday. The main event, called Islam: The Best Defense Against Terrorism, was at night in Coffman Union Theater... Islam Awareness Week is the center’s largest event of the year. This year’s theme is 'Islam: The Unexplored Alternative'... During the main event Monday, speaker Shaker Elsayed, the founding director of the Muslim World Institute in Washington, spoke about the values of Islam. Such values include peace, mercy, freedom, balance and justice. He gave examples from the Quran that he said prove Islam has nothing to do with terrorism or violence."