Project Nur

Project Nur is a student-led initiative of the American Islamic Congress.

MISSION:

Project Nur aims to build positive relationships by building bridges between Muslim and non-Muslim students. Project Nur will be dedicated to creating a space that allows all students to learn from and about each other in order to build an interethnic and multi-faith student community promoting human rights and civil rights; this would ultimately result in emphasizing the positive values and expectations of all identities, while promoting co-existence, tolerance and understanding.

Nur as defined in Arabic as enlightenment, will position itself as a Muslim-led forum for students from various backgrounds, cultures, and faith to come together to celebrate their differences, solidify their commonalities, and bring light or knowledge to their respective communities.

GOALS:

Hence, the goals of the Project Nur relate to the name and mission which reach out to students to promote understanding of each other in the spirit of enlightenment.

1. Project Nur aims to form a social arena for students to represent a strong identity of multicultural backgrounds and opinions, while opening the doors for people of other cultures to come, share, discuss, and ask questions in a multicultural setting.
   
   
2. Project Nur's goal is to a build a student led initiative for human rights and civil rights led by students in order to denounce hate speech and violence, by being committed to co-existence, tolerance and individual human and civil rights.
   
   
3. Project Nur aims to create the ground for voices of pluralism of Muslim-Americans and non-Muslim Americans by working with students who are progressive, reformist, liberal, secular, moderate or conservative and without proselytizing and judging Muslims of different thought.
   
   
4. We do not make religious rulings, and the chapters will not provide a religious agenda. The role of Project Nur is to promote human rights, promote positive social change in the pursuit of civil rights, and celebrate cultural and social identities students whether the individuals are religious or not.

Project Nur is a civic initiative helping to build bridges between Muslim and non-Muslim students on university campuses by promoting co-existence, tolerance, and understanding.