The Denver Islamic Society, only about a five minute drive from DU, is a three-story building consisting of a main musullah (prayer hall), a private sisters’ musullah, a meeting area, classrooms a library and a warming kitchen.

Samiha Matin, a second-year international studies student, is a practicing Muslim and chooses to wear a hijab everyday.

The Washington Post reports that following 9/11, hate crimes against Muslims on college campuses increased tenfold.

In addition to being co-president of DU’s Muslim Student Association, Matin works as a resident assistant at the Johnson-Macfarlane hall dorms.

The Huffington Post reported that 94% of terrorist attacks in the United States from 1980 to 2005 were carried out by non-Muslims.

Du’s Center for Multicultural Excellence and Muslim Student Association serve as resources for a more inclusive community.

“…every student is provided the same opportunities. Whether or not they choose to take them is a personal decision that they have the agency to take.” –Samiha Matin

Posters such as this are plentiful on the DU campus and serve to eliminate harmful college phenomena such as rape culture and discrimination.

According to Matin, the key to creating an Islamophobic-free environment lies in the ability to speak up against an injustice when you see it.