{"id":2591,"date":"2016-03-30T18:14:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2591-muslim-student-association-showdown-raises-16-5k-to-aid-syrian-refugees\/"},"modified":"2016-03-30T18:14:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:14:34","slug":"muslim-student-association-showdown-raises-16-5k-to-aid-syrian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2591-muslim-student-association-showdown-raises-16-5k-to-aid-syrian-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Student Association \u2018Showdown\u2019 Raises $16.5K to Aid Syrian Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">Muslim students from 19 Texas universities attended an annual Muslim Student Association<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">More than 200 Muslim students from 19 Texas universities attended an annual Muslim Student Association (MSA) Showdown during which they raised $16,442 for relief efforts for Syrian refugees.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The 10th annual MSA Showdown held at University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) featured Muslim students from UT-Austin, UT-San Antonio, UT-Dallas, University of North Texas, Texas A&amp;M, and other schools, reports The Shorthorn, UT-Arlington\u2019s student newspaper.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The event \u2013 called Sadaqa Project \u2013 was held for three days over this past weekend to aid Islamic Relief USA. 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