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The Muslim Student Union of the University of California, Irvine〔http://www.ucimsu.com/2015/03/10/msu-student-support-letter/〕〔http://www.ucimsu.com/2015/01/28/msu-letter-of-support-endorsing-bsu-demands/〕〔http://www.ucimsu.com/2014/07/06/msu-uci-calls-for-investigation-on-student-regent-designate-nominee/〕 (MSU UCI, MSU, or Muslim Student Union) is a student organization at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) in Irvine, California, United States, and an affiliated chapter of the national Muslim Students' Association. Its self-declared purpose is to embody that tradition and engage the UCI campus with various programs from humanitarian to educational to political. It has sustained itself as "the central community for Muslim students at UC Irvine."〔("About MSU" ), Muslim Student Union of UCI homepage 〕 In 2010, the MSU was suspended by university officials, who found the organization guilty of deliberately disrupting a speech given on campus by then-Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren. Eleven students were detained by the police, cited, and released during the protest; these students became known as the "Irvine 11". After an original recommendation of a one-year ban on the organization followed by another year of probation as well as fifty hours of community service by its members,〔 UCI administrators reduced the punishment on appeal to a ban for an academic quarter, one hundred hours of community service, and two years of probation.〔 The university's decision "cited e-mails between members of the student union and detailed minutes from a Feb. 3 meeting",〔〔Serna, Joseph. ("'Irvine 11' plead not guilty to misdemeanor charges of disrupting an Israeli ambassador's campus speech." ) ''The Los Angeles Times''. 16 April 2011. 24 July 2015.〕 however, the MSU stated that the protest was done by individual students, and not MSU as a group. Of the eleven students cited at the event, one filed a plea bargain, and ten were prosecuted and found guilty of a misdemeanor. The guilty verdict was upheld on appeal by a panel of superior court judges; the students have appealed that ruling to a state appeals court. ==Activities and events== The MSU offers daily congregational prayers at least three times a day, as well as weekly jummah(Friday) prayers on campus. The organization also it puts on programs in efforts to educate fellow students about Islam through "Islam Awareness Quarter."〔 MSU has also co-sponsored events such as Invisible Children, which brings light to and raises funds for the plight of Ugandan child soldiers, and Fashion Fighting Famine, a student-led initiative which seeks to promote basic human rights across the globe through charity fashion shows and themed parties. Since its founding in 2007, Fashion Fighting Famine has raised and donated over $10,000 to various places including the Palestinian territories and Sudan. In the 2009–2010 college school year, MSU consistently collected donations and spread awareness about the devastating events that took place in Indonesia and Haiti. Through coin drives, selling food on campus, and other creative ways, MSU sponsored relief efforts for Haiti.〔(UCI Support for Haiti )〕 After the deadly South East Asian Tsunami disaster in 2004, MSU raised $12,000 in relief money for countries affected by the disaster. Additionally, the MSU regularly collaborates with campus organizations to put on a variety of different events. In 2008 and 2009, MSU co-sponsored a week of events entitled “Gears of War.” In the Winter Quarter of 2009, the purpose of this week was to host “a series of events surrounding the 6th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq and the role of the university in supporting imperialism” and “to highlight issues concerning the occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine and elsewhere and discuss how we can collectively organize against imperialism throughout the world.” The week was co-hosted by the UCI Worker Student Alliance, Muslim Student Union, Amnesty International at UCI, Darfur Action Committee, Campaign for Consciousness, and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muslim Student Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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