Our origin
Islam is the comprehensive and celestial religion as a way of life of Muslims. In scientific advancement, Islam urges people to read and learn on every occasion. Muslims are urged to look into everything in the universe, to travel, investigate, explore and understand them, the better we appreciate and are thankful for all the wonders of God’s creation, the more our human lives improve. The first verse revealed from the Quran, shows how much Islam cares about knowledge: “Read, in the name of your Lord, Who created.” [96:1]. Based on this, a group of international Muslim students of the University of Twente put hand in hand together to establish a beautiful community to remember Allah and worship him together while creating the Muslim identity on Campus.
How are we doing now?
Anno 2021 we started to represent a wider range of students of all Enschede! These include students of ROC Twente, Saxion and the University of Twente. While creating beautiful bonds with local and international Muslim students who study and reside in Enschede, we strive to let the students find their Islamic identity and grow as a person on academic grounds as well.
What makes us special?
Our association is very diverse, as it includes more than 16 different nationalities, alhamdulillah. We use this special characteristic to come with creative ideas and to challenge our members and ourselves to come up with ways to improve communication and to find harmony with one another and find our boundaries. This type of self-realisation and self-improvement is unique to our active members.
Missions
By 2036, EMSA aims to achieve the following missions:
Islam is the comprehensive and celestial religion as a way of life of Muslims. In scientific advancement, Islam urges people to read and learn on every occasion. Muslims are urged to look into everything in the universe, to travel, investigate, explore and understand them, the better we appreciate and are thankful for all the wonders of God’s creation, the more our human lives improve. The first verse revealed from the Quran, shows how much Islam cares about knowledge: “Read, in the name of your Lord, Who created.” [96:1]. Based on this, a group of international Muslim students of the University of Twente put hand in hand together to establish a beautiful community to remember Allah and worship him together while creating the Muslim identity on Campus.
How are we doing now?
Anno 2021 we started to represent a wider range of students of all Enschede! These include students of ROC Twente, Saxion and the University of Twente. While creating beautiful bonds with local and international Muslim students who study and reside in Enschede, we strive to let the students find their Islamic identity and grow as a person on academic grounds as well.
What makes us special?
Our association is very diverse, as it includes more than 16 different nationalities, alhamdulillah. We use this special characteristic to come with creative ideas and to challenge our members and ourselves to come up with ways to improve communication and to find harmony with one another and find our boundaries. This type of self-realisation and self-improvement is unique to our active members.
Missions
By 2036, EMSA aims to achieve the following missions:
- To represent and to be the voice of all muslim students of the University of Twente, ROC van Twente and Hogeschool Saxion.
- To create a bridge between muslim and non-muslim students and to connect with national and international organizations.
- To clear out the misconceptions related to Islam, by making the Dutch society aware of the teachings, values and ethics of Islam.
- To become a fundraising organ for charities.
- To be an Islamic and Educational activity center in Enschede for all students and staffs who are interested in Islam, providing good to high quality activities.
- To be an association where each individual is able to work on his/her personal development and to encourage the integration of international students by creating a home-like atmosphere.
- To be a trustworthy and professional information exchange hub for all UT, Hogeschool Saxion and ROC van Twente muslim students.