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Ramadan 1445/March-April 2024

March 11, 2024 by | Chaplain Musings

In the Name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Bestower of Mercy We have entered a new year of Ramadan! What a feeling! Let me, the Chapman community, talk with you about a few things regarding Ramadan. There are several devotional actions of worship a Muslim performs, and the most pronounced are praying additional

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At Your Service

June 28, 2023 by | Uncategorized

June 18 began the final month of the Islamic calendar, Thu’l-Hijjah. In Islamic teachings, the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, informed the Muslim faithful that the performance of good deeds during the first ten days is the greatest and most beloved to Allah (God). The only thing more beloved is struggling for Allah’s cause and dying

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At Your Service

June 28, 2023 by | Uncategorized

June 18 began the final month of the Islamic calendar, Thu’l-Hijjah. In Islamic teachings, the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, informed the Muslim faithful that the performance of good deeds during the first ten days is the greatest and most beloved to Allah (God). The only thing more beloved is struggling for Allah’s cause and dying

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Eid Al-Fitr

April 21, 2023 by | Ramadan

Linguistically, “Eid” comes from a verb meaning the return of something time after time. The word itself means a time of returning joy. There are two Eids in Islam, one on the first day of the beginning of the 10th month in the Islamic calendar, “Shawwal,” and the other on the 10th day of the

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Ramadan 2023

March 22, 2023 by | Chaplain Musings

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is an Arabic word. According to many Muslim scholars of the Arabic language and Qur’anic exegesis, it is derived from a verb meaning “severe heat.” When fasting, people experience a severe sense of internal heat from thirst, a burning sensation. Metaphorically, according to Islamic theology,

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Turkey and the Levant

February 7, 2023 by | Chaplain Musings

The United States of America recently experienced mass shootings throughout California, followed by yet another Black man murdered because of entrenched racist policies. People of various religious and secular backgrounds have conducted vigils, grieved, sought answers, and tried to make sense of human-to-human death. What happens, however, when death is not because of humans but,

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Spirituality Boosts Your Mental Health

May 9, 2022 by | Mental Health & Wellness

Spiritual Wellbeing Is Mental Wellbeing More than 50% of Americans will experience a mental health crisis at some point in life. Unlike with the COVID virus, there is no vaccine to immunize us against mental illness. I know this from personal experience. As a college student and later as a young adult, I struggled with

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Student Reflection

April 26, 2022 by Tikva Velazquez | Uncategorized

When you enter the Interfaith Center you might be taken aback by the vastness of the chapel, the way the walls feel like they are floating, or you might find yourself feeling calm, swaddled in the warmth of sunlight and quiet of the space. For everyone on campus, I can imagine the Interfaith Center takes

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You are Invited! Chapman's Baccalaureate Service

April 26, 2022 by | Uncategorized

We are delighted to invite you to Chapman’s Baccalaureate Service for graduating students, and their families, of all faiths or philosophies. Join us Thursday, May 19, 7:00 pm in the Fish Interfaith Center. This is a more intimate gathering than the weekend commencement ceremonies, including words from graduates themselves, and an personal message to each

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A Sacred Convergence

April 9, 2022 by | Holidays

A Ramadan Iftar dinner; an annual festive Vaisakhi celebration; the Passover Seder; Good Friday’s reading of the Passion. All of these take place during the week of April 11, 2022 at the Fish Interfaith Center. As I write, I am preparing for a week of sacred convergence – when these important religious holidays converge. Whether

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