AMPU - Dr. Muhammad Sahli Interview #2

Curious about the month-long observance of Ramadan, currently being celebrated by Muslims all over the world? In this podcast, Dr. Gretchen Schoel, Director of A More Perfect Union, interviews Dr. Muhammad Sahli, a pillar of the Richmond community who serves as Muslim Campus Minister here at the University of Richmond. Dr. Sahli answers questions about the Ramadan observance and what it's like to live in Richmond as an observant Muslim. You can find more information about A More Perfect Union at the Chaplaincy, the Chaplaincy website (http://chaplaincy.richmond.edu) or at the website for A More Perfect Union (http://www.amoreperfectunion.info).

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Hurricane Katrina Prayer and Remembrance Service

Welcome to this week’s podcast, posted Monday, October 3, 2005. Today’s podcast is an abridged version of the Hurricane Katrina Prayer and Remembrance Service, held in Cannon Memorial Chapel on Friday, September 16, 2005.

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Hate Crimes Panel, Part 2

Today’s podcast is the second part of our Hate Crimes panel, held on Wednesday evening, September 7, 2005. The Hate Crimes Panel was conceived and planned by Jen Landis-Santos, the Interreligious Community and Justice Coordinator for the Chaplaincy. This panel is the first in a series of Interreligious Community and Justice programming initiated by Jen and an interrelious group of students here at the University of Richmond. Their theme for this year is “What does Religion Have to Do with Violence?” and explores the ways in which religion has often been implicated in violence as well as the resources it may offer to counter violence.

This week’s podcast is the second part of the Hate Crimes panel and includes the remarks of The Rev. Dr. Daphne Burt, Chaplain to the University and Jesse Ball DuPont Chair of the Chaplaincy at the University of Richmond and Agent Judy Sykes, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Hate Crimes Panel, Part 1

Today’s podcast is an abridged version of our Hate Crimes panel, held on Wednesday evening, September 7, 2005. The Hate Crimes Panel was conceived and planned by Jen Landis-Santos, the Interreligious Community and Justice Coordinator for the Chaplaincy. This panel is the first in a series of Interreligious Community and Justice programming initiated by Jen and an interrelious group of students here at the University of Richmond. Their theme for this year is “What does Religion Have to Do with Violence?” and explores the ways in which religion has often been implicated in violence as well as the resources it may offer to counter violence. This week’s podcast is the first part of the Hate Crimes panel and includes the remarks of two of the four panelists. Dean Rod Smolla, Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law and Dr. Sarah Jane Brubaker, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, both deliver their remarks in this podcast. Tune in next week for remarks from Part 2 of the Hate Crimes panel which include presentations by The Rev. Dr. Daphne Burt, Chaplain to the University and Jesse Ball DuPont Chair of the Chaplaincy at the University of Richmond and Agent Judy Sykes, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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AMPU - Muhammad Sahli Interview

This week's episode features A More Perfect Union, a University of Richmond Chaplaincy initiative that works against bias directed at Muslims, Arabs and South Asians following September 11, 2001. This week, Dr. Gretchen Schoel, Director of A More Perfect Union, interviews Dr. Muhammad Sahli, who serves as Muslim campus minister at the University of Richmond. In this first interview, Dr. Schoel asks Dr. Sahli about his experience as an immigrant to the United States as well as his childhood in Palestine and Lebanon.

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Chaplain's Welcome to Class of 2009

The Rev. Dr. Daphne Burt, Chaplain to the University, welcomes new students and their parents on "move-in day," August 24, 2005.

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