{"id":2498,"date":"2016-03-09T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2498-islam-awareness-week-in-university-of-windsor\/"},"modified":"2016-03-09T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T21:00:04","slug":"islam-awareness-week-in-university-of-windsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2498-islam-awareness-week-in-university-of-windsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam awareness week in University of Windsor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">a day of trying out the hijab, a night of performance art and numerous volunteers ready to share their faith<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">With gifts of roses and coffee, a day of trying out the hijab, a night of performance art and numerous volunteers ready to share their faith, this year\u2019s Islam Awareness Week is aimed at sending one key message, that Muslims in Windsor are people just like you.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cUnder the hijab, I have hair too. I look like a Muslim and I am a Muslim, but I\u2019m very, very similar to you\u201d said Khadija Shamisa, director for Islam Awareness Week at the University of Windsor.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cI study at the same university as you. I shop at the same grocery stores as you. I don\u2019t want you to be afraid or feel uncomfortable to come talk to me,\u201d added Shamisa.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Throughout the day, volunteers also handed out single yellow roses to students. 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