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YOUR MUSLIM
NEIGHBORS
Countries from which the Muslim comunity
in Rolla cames from:
Green: current students and residence
Yellow: Alumni and former residence
“ O mankind, indeed We
have created you from
male and female and made
you peoples and tribes
that you may know one
another. Indeed, the most
noble of you in the sight of
Allah is the most righteous
of you”
Surat Al-Ĥujurāt (5-2)
The city of Rolla, which is often
described as “in the middle of
nowhere”, has a Muslim community
with members that came from all
corners of the world including students,
engineers, and doctors. For them, it was not
easy to relocate unless the next place will
meet their spiritual, academic, and economic
requirements. Missouri S&T, Mercy clinic,
and Phelps County Regional Medical Center
(PCRMC) became, undoubtedly, significant
reasons for students and doctors from all
over the world to study and to work in Rolla.
Moreover, the Islamic center of Rolla Missouri
became an additional reason for Muslims to
choose Rolla city as their final destination.
By: Alsedik Abousif
Today, there are nearly 300 students, and
about 6 faculty members of the University
of Missouri for science and technology.
Moreover, the number of alumni from
this scientific institution far exceeds the
number of active students and faculty.
Many of them have left this city, but their
research and contributions are still talking
about them. For example, Farouk El-Baz
who graduated in 1961 was a member of
the Apollo mission to explore the moon.
In 1969, he helped to locate the landing
site on the moon and also helped to
train of astronauts for their most famous
trip of the “humans outside this planet”.
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