By: cj conti

cj conti
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:57:01 +0000

Kevin S., the below passage came from the 8/25/16 Lantern. Could this be the same guy?

Thursday, August 25, 2016 | The Lantern | 5
HUMANS OF OHIO STATE
KEVIN STANKIEWICZ | OLLER REPORTER
“I just transferred from Columbus State. We had prayer rooms, like actual rooms where we could go to pray because we Muslims have to pray five times a day. There’s Fajr, which is early in the morning, at dawn. Then Zuhr during the daytime, then Asr in the evening, like right about now. And then Maghrib, which is like right at sunset and then Isha at night. I wanted to pray Asr. I mean, I’m new here. This is my first day. This place is huge, and I don’t even know where to pray. I wanted to pray in the open, but I was kind of scared with everything going on in the media. I’m a Muslim, it’s not what the media portrays me to be. If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don’t know what they’re going to think, what’s going to happen. But, I don’t blame them. It’s the media that put that picture in their heads so they’re just going to have it and it, it’s going to make them feel uncomfortable. I was kind of scared right now. But I just did it. I relied on God. I went over to the corner and just prayed.” Abdul Razak Artan, Third-year in logistics management