The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 8, 1998 - 9 Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Adha, honor sacrifice of prophet Squeezably Charmin Female guards file harassment suit I Eid ul-Adha coincides Ma the ho 'ith final days of holiday timev iglrimage to Mecca lambc "Es Rachel Edelman the P aily Staff Reporter "Abra Muslims in Ann Arbor and around in his e world celebrated Eid ul-Adha, the a mod 'estival of the sacrifice," yesterday. is a c he holiday commemorates the Eid het Abraham's sacrifice of his son holida hmael, at the request of God. ending "In your busy and hectic everyday Musli fe, Eid is a reminder of one surrender Haj God, which is basically what it the Isl eans. to be a Muslim," said Every ngineering graduate student Rasha go on ino, a member of the Muslim oncei :udents Association. instill Muslims celebrate Eid with comma- and h rayers in the morning and feasting, "It' giving and social activities through- and p at the day. The Ann Arbor Islamic sopho enter on Plymouth Road was open for Ha ayers yesterday morning. statet "I'm really glad that I'm blessed circli tough to be around other Muslims so build at I can enjoy the holiday and cele- built ate with them," said LSA senior the sa areetta Grewal, a member of the needy luslim Students Association. fice o ,rewal said the holiday is a time of "TI y and brotherhood, enactr "It's really inspiring, she said. said. G IL ontinued from Page 1. lichigan University, said she was shocked by te violence committed by the young boys, but he was also stunned at the media's coverage of te tragedy. "It was clear to me that the person who had tten the news report was completely naware of what was completely clear to me" lorton said. "This was just another example of len gunning down women because they were ot getting what they want." Othercommunity members were outraged at te boys'justification of their actions. "The real horror of it seems to me is that >mehow a 13-year-old boy got the idea that he ad the right to the affections of a young girl, that he had the right to use force to get it -Edward Koster. an Ann Arbor attorney. Women's studies associate Prof. Beth 'ackett said that to explain what happened in rkansas without connecting it to the epidem- of violence against women is condemning >ciety to a future of brutality against women. "It is indeed horrible to acknowledge that our ny Muslims on campus celebrate liday by going home and spending with their families. During Eid, a or other animal is often sacrificed. sentially, Eid has its roots with Prophet Abraham," Stino said. ham's complete surrender to God willingness to sacrifice his son is del of the concept of Islam, which omplete surrender to God."< ul-Adha, one of two major Muslim , ys, overlaps with the one of the g days of Hajj - the pilgrimage ms are obligated to take to Mecca. j takes place during six days of amic lunar month of Dhul-Hijjah. year, about two million Muslims n Hajj. Muslims go on Hajj just in their lifetimes, and the journey s a sense of unity, brotherhood umility in them. s supposed to be a very beautiful urifying experience," said LSA more Ali Ahmad. jj activities include entering a of self-control called ihram; the ng of the Ka'aba, the stone ing that Muslims believe was by Abraham and Ishmael, and acrifice of an animal to help the y, symbolizing Abraham's sacri- f his son. Mar he pilgrimage is essentially a re- Marka :ment of Abrahamic events," Stimo tissueat tissue al little girls are being killed by our ltttle boys," Hackett said. "But to not acknowled e it is even more horrible because that way we ean't stop it" Richard Halloran, a Wayne County Circuit Judge. said he first became aware of the need to educate men and boys about violence against women when his teenage daughter was punched by a boy. The boy's defense was that he wanted to prove'his manhood in front of his friends. "He wanted to prove he was a man by hitting a girl," said Halloran, who decided after this incident to work to involve more men in the fight to end domestic violence. "I'm heartened that there are some men here tonight - there should be more, a lot more," Halloran said. Jay Sennett, an author and community activist, echoed Halloran's message of male involvement in the struggle to end domestic violence by intro- ducing the White Ribbon Campaign. "Long seen as part of the problem, men can now be part of the solution," Sennett said. "Wearing a white ribbon reflects a man's personal pledge to never commit. con- done or remain silent about violence against women." 4 'The Associated Press Three female prison guards filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections yesterday. The women contend in a lawsuit filed in Washtenaw Circuit Court that they were the victims of a hostile work envi- ronment, offensive language and offen- sive conduct at the Huron Valley Men's Facility in Ypsilanti. Department of Corrections spokesper- son Gail Light said yesterday afternoon that the department's attorneys had just received the lawsuit and did not want to comment until they had a chance to read it. The plaintiffs named in the lawsuit are Diane Tio, a Washtenaw County resident, Michelle Wood and Mary Inman, both Genesee County residents. "My clients are most distressed that they were forced to file a lawsuit after the Department of Corrections repeat- edly ignored their complaints," the plaintiffs' attorney, David Nash, said in a statement. The lawsuit contends Inman suffered harassing conduct and personnel deci- sions since she complained about sexual harassment. It also contends that Wood was told by a male sergeant that her pants were too tight and "all women are here to appease men:' buckle and Alexis Foster are joined by classmates f rt School in Lakewood, Calif. as they squeeze Char, t a 70th birthday bash for Charmin in Beverly Hills,C LSA junior Preeti Rout said she attended the vigil to show her support for domestic violence education and to learn more about how the Jonesboro case demonstrated male violence against women. "I think what happened has to do with gun control and other issues," Rout said. "But, it is true that the aspect that this is violence against women has been ignored." University alumnus Kari Tervo agreed, say- ing that she hopes this tragedy will serve to educate society about the issue. "I think that there's more insidious and unseen acts of violence against women and girls every day," Tervo said. "It's tragic that this had to happen, but it might help to call attention to the so-called minor acts of harassment that happen to teenage girls every day" Sarah Kremsner. an Americorps volun- teer at the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan that provides underprivileged public school students free non-legal advo- cacy, said that adults are ultimately respon- sible for the acts of children. She said it is society's obligation to educate and protect children from violence. b MSA Continued from Page 1 a, warrant additional action. In an effort to combat inappropriate campaigning behavior, Gandhi and Rules and Elections Chair Josh Trapani recommended eliminating all online voting from personal computers and prohibiting the offer of incentives in exchange for voting. Online voting could still take place in University computing sites, if the pro- posal is adapted. "These proposed changes are in response to Trent's violations partially," Gandhi said. "It prompted us to think about these problems." AP PHOTO Trapani said the recommendations rom the Willow aim to ensure that the election process min bathroom Calif. DIALOGUE Continued from Page 1 Assembly, was part of the initiative's "Campus Week of Dialogue." The initiative is Clinton's year-long effort to cre- ate a more unified nation, and improve opportunities for all races. During the week of April 6-9, initiative advisory board members will participate in events on campuses across the nation to encourage dialogues on race. MSA Rep. Brian Reich, who organized the event, said the goal of the meeting was to "identify what we're deal- ing with and realize what we can do to work across racial lines." Students said the protest at the beginning of the meeting was similar to a recent protest in Denver that took place at one of the initiative's race dialogues. "You cannot represent every single group on this campus - in this nation -- in one panel," said Reich. "They're miss- ing a very good discussion. I think the University and the nation can learn a lot from this discussion." Non-Native American students also protested the dia- logue. LSA junior Saladin Ahmed said that Arab American students were also excluded from the discussion in that they were not asked to be part of the panel. is fair and untainted. He said the mea- sure to restrict online voting to University computing sites would guar- antee that allegations like those sur- rounding Thompson do not arise again. 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