Wednesday, November 23, 2016 // The Statement
8B

Students sit in the Diag before the prayer.
A student is interviewed for a local news channel after the prayer.

Chalk on the Diag reads, “Muslims you belong here.”

V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : 

I S H A A P R A Y E R

P H O T O S B Y R Y A N M C L O U G H L I N 

Students talk among themselves after the prayer.

On November 14, members of the University of Michigan Muslim Students’ Association 
gathered for Ishaa prayer (the fifth and final Islamic prayer of the day) on the Diag. Hundreds 
of other students joined in solidarity, showing their support by forming a protective a circle 
around the MSA members. The event was organized in response to a series of anti-Muslim 
incidents during the week.

A student prays aloud during the prayer in the Diag.

Students sit in the Diag before the prayer.