Source: MTV.com / Medill News Service

http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/discrimination/muslim_american_students/

On July 28, 2005 Medill News Service ran a feature article on American Muslim students who are working in their communities to combat stereotypes. "Student leaders like [Samad] Pardesi, 20, who is the president of Georgetown University's Muslim Students' Association, have been working to raise awareness about Islam since the 2001 terrorist attacks... He and his fellow group members will step up their activities this year, continuing to reach out to the Georgetown community. Among their planned highlights for the year will be 'Islam 101' classes, an Islam awareness week and a communal Ramadan fast in October... [Sabra Bhat, a senior at Hackettstown (N.J.) High] invited other Muslim teenage girls in her town to form a 'sisterhood,' and began holding meetings at her home... Bhat said the 'sisters' still get together to read from the Koran, learn about their religion and chat about their problems, and that they frequently collaborate with a male student group that was inspired by the sisterhood. She said she hopes that as she and the other girls become more and more knowledgeable about their religion, the rest of society will follow."