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MSA photo in front of a rentrd house used in thier activites (Source MS&T yearbook, 1994): Back Row: Azzedine Missoum, Yahya Khawaja, Wajid Khan, Muhamad Aulia, Md Ishfaqur Raza, Ali Al-Qahtani, Shahrul Azmi Yusof, Mohamad Ramadhian, Roziman Abd. Rahman, Abdul Jaleel Afridi, Add Fadhil, Bisma Husen, Maamoun Alhalabi, Mohd Zaidi Jaafar, Ismael Sated, Zeyad Abanmay, Md. Shari! Suki, Shaharudin Saleh, Khalid Khiran, Mohamad Nasir Ibrahim, Abdul Halim Ariff, Mohd Shah Hanif, Thayer Jawhar, Yehia Al-Amrani Front Row: Azmi Zainal Adnan, Nazarudin Che Salleh, Adik Soedarsono, Ahmed Mustafa, Mohamed Al-Tholaya, Reza Mohdar, Roslan Ahmad, Ahmad Fatani, Nanang Burhan, Iwan MSA 1984 soccor team (Source Khiri Osman, MSA former president); Mohd Azudin Yusof, Nor Zamri Abu Zarim, Adnan Mohd Yassin, Kamarul Cabe, Hamdan Suhaimi, Wan Asma Ibrahim, Sue Tryon, Azlan Raja Ismail, Abdulhalim Abhamid, Khairi Osman, and Zulkefli Mohamad. MSA Founders (Source MS&T yearbook, 1967); Mangunwidjojo, A Secretary; Ata-Abadi, P., President; Honarpour, M., Treasurer; Farazandeh, A., Mirbab, M., Rezghi, E., Dorosti, J., Rezvani, J., Gharagozlou, F. HISTORICAL ASPECTS Muslim Student Association (MSA) H istorically, the earliest date of the known MSA as a student organization goes back to 1967. Before that, individual organizations representing the students from different Muslim countries were present, like the Organization of Arab Students and Pakistani Students’ Organization. MSA represented the strongest student organization and have unified the effort of these isolated organizations. Since 1967, the MSA has been responsible for arranging student activities, especially Eid celebrations, Jumu’ah Prayers, and other Islamic occasions by requesting prayer places from the university or renting a building for the same purposes. In early 1992 or 1994, MSA played a major role in establishing the Islamic Center of Rolla-Missouri (ICRM), which is the only Islamic center within a 60 mile radius. The Muslim student association (MSA) is a student organization on the Missouri S&T campus, founded in 1976 on the basic tenets of Islam. Its goal is to deliver the message of Islam through the daily interactions of its members with peoples from other believes while creating a lifelong bond amongst them. MSA also seeks to uphold the values of tolerance, compassion, and sincerity in hopes of raising awareness and building understanding among different campus communities. Events such as Islam Awareness Week have formed the core of a strong tradition of outreach that we wish to build upon and continue in the years to come. Our members come from different parts of the world. They all share the same principles and goals, which is to succeed in life and learn how to become better Muslims. All our members participate in various activities such as Ramadan daily iftar, Eid celebrations, games, and field trips. Today, the Muslim Student Association still plays a significant role to serve the Muslim Students, both in the masjid and the university campus, under the leadership of the current MSA president, Mr. Esam Ali. “The most memorable moment for the author is when he served for the preparation of daily Iftar (breaking fast in Ramadan). “It was wonderful experience for me as I met and worked with Muslim students from different countries”, Mr. Ali said. MSA organizes different kind of events to benefit not only the Muslims students but also the local Rolla Community”. These events included blood donation drives, Arabic language classes, Arabic calligraphy classes, Open Houses, food distribution, Guest lectures, Graduation dinners, workshops, and participating in interfaith dialogues. In addition to that, our members play a big role in MS&T campus activities; they sponsor activities such as Peace day, earth day, and Census information day. They also provide the necessary help to the international office to help incoming Muslim students get in touch with other friends and get the help necessary to make their lives a little easier. By: Anan Takhrori & Esam Ali 6 • Designfreebies Magazine • www.designfreebies.org
A s a result of the growing size of Muslim community in Rolla, the need for a new place of worship that could accommodate the current and future needs of the Muslim community became clear to everyone. Many meetings were held to brainstorm and to come up with a viable development plan to build a Mosque that could accommodate the growing community needs. In the final analysis, there were two options; expend the old Mosque, or build a new Mosque. Though building a new Mosque would present a bigger challenge in terms of finding location buying the land and financial resources, the Muslim community of Rolla decided to go ahead and build a new Mosque because the community felt that the other option of expending the old building would not meet need. The first task for the Muslim community of Rolla was to put in place a credible plan with tangible goals and benchmarks for building the new Mosque. Shortly, two committees were established; the Mosque Planning and Construction Committee (MPCC) and the Fundraising Committee (FRC), each committee was assigned with specific duties responsibilities. The first task of the newly formed MPCC was to find suitable land that was affordable, close to the old Mosque or at least not far from the University campus since most of the congregations were students. With the help of Almighty God, MPCC was able to find and purchase the land adjacent to the old masjid. In May 2007 the house that was neighboring to the old Mosque with two other houses within the same block became available for sale in the market and the MPCC quickly purchased it, and initiated the process of building the new Mosque. By 2009, the two houses purchased were demolished to prepare the ground for the new Mosque. The second phase was to come up with the architectural design for the new Mosque, and the committee members decided to visit nearby Islamic Centers such as the one in Columbia and St. Louis, MO, to observe what type of architectural design would be appropriate for the new Rolla Mosque. After exploring several designs, the committee settled on a new design for the Mosque. April 16th, 2010 was a memorable day for the Muslim community of Rolla because it was the ground breaking day for the new mosque, and as a joyful occasion, many members of the community wanted to become the first ones to “shovel the first dirt” out of the ground. The action has a symbolic meaning in the Islamic Culture. Once the construction of the new mosque was started, and the foundation part was completed, the need for procuring needed construction materials become a big challenge. The, MPCC committee had to continue to build the new mosque while the FRC committee was raising fund to cover the cost of construction. Even though budget was tight, with the help of Almighty God and the sound financial decisions of the committees, the construction of the new mosque proceeded smoothly and according to plan. The third phase was to put insulation, electrical systems, plumbing, exterior masonry and concrete work within the mosque parameters. However, the funds available at the time were not enough to cover all the expenses and the FRC committee decided to double its fundraising effort in order to come up with the needed funds. The fourth phase of the new mosque was interior design such as painting, carpeting and decoration, and installation of toilets and a kitchen that was big enough to accommodate community-cooking events like the Ramadan iftar or Eid celebration. In order to reduce cost, the community members decided to do some of the work themselves as volunteers. Volunteers did tasks such as painting and some portion of interior design. Planning and Construction of Current ICRM Building By: Mohammed Debree Working on the exterior and the walls of the ICRM building Starting work on the current ICRM building Breaking ground sermony, MPCC committee Designfreebies Magazine • www.designfreebies.org • 7
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