Georgetown University organized a lighting ceremony in honor of Ramadan on March 13. The Office of Campus Ministry and Georgetown Muslim Life hosted the ceremony, which commemorated the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Muslim faith. The event involved a recitation.
Georgetown University organized a lighting ceremony in honor of Ramadan on March 13. The Office of Campus Ministry and Georgetown Muslim Life hosted the ceremony, which commemorated the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Muslim faith. The event involved a recitation.
In recent years, American colleges and universities have struggled on the question of whether they have an institutional responsibility to take a stand on contemporary moral and social issues. One view says “no”: that the purpose of higher education is to train students to critically evaluate opposing views for themselves, and to provide a forum