IC in the Media
The following clips offer a sampling from media accounts that reference the college or quote members of the college community. Some websites may require registration and/or a fee to access articles, and some links may no longer be active.
Times Online — “Why can't Muslims be gay and proud?”
Amanullah de Sondy, assistant professor of world religions
A Muslim academic who challenges traditional Muslim assumptions about masculinity and homosexuality is coming to teach at Ithaca College, reports UK Times Online. “I think it is easier to speak out and ask questions in the US,” says de Sondy. “Many Muslims in this country [the UK], because they originate in Pakistan and India, have been shaped by the Raj, by notions of anti-imperialism. In the States, it’s different. They are not obsessed with Islam versus the West and they are obviously not anti-American. They can therefore concentrate on nuances of faith and how it is practiced.”
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