1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JXe5f2Iwii"><a href="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/03/a-week-of-awareness-about-islam/">A week of awareness about Islam</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/03/a-week-of-awareness-about-islam/embed/#?secret=JXe5f2Iwii" width="600" height="338" title="“A week of awareness about Islam” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="JXe5f2Iwii" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://dev.news.harvard.edu/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> At the Harvard Islamic Societys (HISs) weekly prayer service in Lowell Lecture Hall Friday (March 15), nearly 50 members of the Universitys Muslim community gathered, as they do most weeks. As the Muslims bowed and prayed, sitting stocking-footed on carpets aligned toward Mecca, a dozen others watched from the seats of Lowell, one even filming the service on a videocamera.https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2002/03/13-islam1-450-11.jpg