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Originally posted by ladygreek
I am conflicted about this. I am not sure why the need for a sorority structure with greek letters. Plus, I do resent the representation of sororities in the article.
All I know is that they are many Muslin members of the NPHC sororites who do not have a conflict--many of whom were already Muslim when they joined. In fact Betty Shabazz was a proud and active member of DST until her death.
I get the feeling that these are recent converts who are still feeling their way in their belief. In any case, I do wish them success.
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I agree 100% I have sisters who are muslim...and they are as much apart of the sisterhood as everyone else. Fact of the matter is, anyone, Christian, Muslim, Agnostic, whatever you may be may not want to drink, party, whatever. And that doesn't matter in the long run. I have sisters of all faiths, some who drink and some who don't. All that matters is that your heart is in the right place. All of our activities do not center around drinking.
It's really sad that sororities get a bad rap for drinking, although to be perfectly honest, while I hate it, remembering the days on my campus I know where it comes from. Although not ALL the councils on campus were known for drinking and partying, some were. That is all some of the organizations seemed to do. Yes I'm greek and yes I know people in all orgs who didn't drink and party, but when it came down to events, com/serve, ect. Some groups just didn't do it. And on my campus, people thought of those groups as the drinking/party sororities/fraternities. So I guess if those groups do it to the point where other Greeks think of them as drinkers...then how can we blame GDIs for thinking the same things?