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Letter to the Editor : University chaplains join in support of Muslim chaplain, students association

As religious leaders at Syracuse University we fully support our fellow chaplain and colleague Tanweer Haq, who serves the campus Muslim community, as well as the members and participants of the Muslim Students Association. The desire to create safe space to express diversity in belief is a goal we all share.

Each chaplaincy supports all students, faculty and staff regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or ability in their search for spirituality. We stand together in the hope that discrimination based on stereotypes and racial profiling will come to an end. We affirm the right of all students to study without the fear of undue surveillance. To achieve that goal we support the continued dialogue among all groups to facilitate mutual understanding of the diversity both on campus and in the world. 

Chaplains of Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

 

Fr. Linus DeSantis, Conventual Franciscan, Catholic chaplain



Mary Hudson, Pagan chaplain

The Rev. Jikyo Bonnie Shoultz, Buddhist chaplain

The Rev. Kelly Sprinkle, Protestant Campus Ministry, Protestant chaplain

Brian Small, interim executive director of Hillel at Syracuse University and interim Jewish chaplain

Jen Saunders, Baptist Campus Ministry chaplain

The Rev. Gail V. Riina, Lutheran Campus Ministry chaplain





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