About MSA

The Muslim Student Association is a KU student organization that works for the betterment of the Muslim and Non-Muslim community on campus through education, social activities, and community service.

MSA at KU was founded more than twenty years ago and has been the sole Muslim organization in Lawrence until the foundation of the Islamic Society of Lawrence. The founding of ISL took the responsibility of running and maintaining the Lawrence masjid (A.K.A Islamic Center of Lawrence) away from the hands of MSA. This allowed MSA to focus more closely on its original goals on campus.


MSA events include:

• Lectures to inform non-Muslims about issues relating to Islam and the Islamic world.
• A weekly Halaqah (circle of Islamic knowledge) for brothers and for sisters (2 seperate halqahs).
• Weekly representation of Islam and Islamic information at the Kansas Union.
• Group volunteer work at the Lawrence Open Shelter (homeless shelter)
• Fast-A-Thon - A day during which non-Muslims pledge to fast for charity. Fast-A-Thon 04 was the first ever to be held in Lawrence and it got 600+ non-Muslim KU students to pledge to fast.

Join the mailing list

The mailing list is the best way to learn about upcoming MSA events. To join the list simply send an email to listproc@ku.edu in the following format:
sub msa-l your name