• Claims that Islam "safeguarded" women's rights "1,400 years ago when the rest of the world was in total darkness about emancipation"
• Has sponsored events featuring radical Muslims as guest speakers

The Muslim Students Association of Virginia Commonwealth University (MSA VCU) states that its mission is to: "promote unity and joint action among the Muslims"; "conduct social, cultural, religious and other activities in the best traditions of Islam"; "arrange and hold congregational prayers and Islamic religious festivals at appropriate time[s]"; "promote friendly relations between Muslims and non-Muslims"; "endeavor to make Islamic teachings known to interested non-Muslims"; "encourage and enable Muslims with basic knowledge and competence in Islam to contribute individually and collectively toward meeting human needs in conformity with Islamic doctrines and belief"; and "avoid any wrong practices which are contrary to Islam and to create a feeling of brotherhood."

MSA VCU reports that as a result of its efforts "to attain a place for Muslims to pray on the Virginia Commonwealth campus," an "Interfaith Meditation Room" was constructed in the basement of the Student Commons.

According to the MSA VCU website, Islam "safeguarded" women's rights "1,400 years ago when the rest of the world was in total darkness about emancipation" -- an assertion that stands in stark contradiction to the voluminous evidence of Islam's ongoing, violent oppression of women all over the world. As Robert Spencer points out in his book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, the Koran itself states that "[m]en have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other" (Qur'an 4:34); that a woman is like a field (tilth) to be used by a man as he wills (2:223); that a woman's testimony is worth only half that of a man (2:282); that a son's inheritance should be twice the size of a daughter's (4:11); that a man may marry up to four wives and may have sex with slave girls also (4:3); and that husbands may beat disobedient wives (4:34).

On April 8, 2002, MSA VCU was the principal sponsor of a presentation titled "Struggling for Truth and Justice: The Legacy of Malcolm X." (Co-sponsors included VCU's Department of Religious Studies, Student Government Association, Black Caucus, African Students Union, Students for Political Awareness, and the campus chapter of the NAACP.) MSA VCU described this event as follows:

Malcolm X continues to be one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures of our recent past, for he epitomized the anger and dissatisfaction of the African-American community during the 1950s and 60s. Moreover, April 8th marks 38 years to the day that Malcolm X reverted [sic] to Islam. [This] lecture will highlight Malcolm X's struggle to find truth and justice in society and will show that people of all races and creeds can appreciate the valuable lessons embedded in the remarkable life story of this revolutionary leader.

The featured speaker at this Malcolm X tribute was Siraj Wahhaj, described by MSA VCU as: "the Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa in Brookyn, New York" who: "has appeared on several national television talk shows and interviews especially about his anti-drug campaigns"; "has received high praises from the media and NYPD for initiating [an] anti-drug patrol in Brooklyn"; "was the first person to give an Islamic invocation to the United States Congress"; and "continues to be one of the most well known Muslim speakers in America who is dynamic, eloquent, and passionate in his speaking style."

But MSA VCU made no mention of the fact that Wahhaj (an Advisory Board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations) had been named by U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White as a possible co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center; had testified as a character witness for convicted terror mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman; had called Operation Desert Storm (the 1991 U.S.-led military mission to drive Saddam Hussein's invading forces out of Kuwait) "one of the most diabolical plots ever in the annals of history"; had predicted that America would fall unless it "accepts the Islamic agenda"; and had openly expressed his desire to see the U.S. government replaced with a Muslim caliphate.

In November 2002, MSA VCU launched its "Unveiling Ignorance" lecture series, whose decidedly anti-war theme was made explicit in the opening lecture, titled "War Beyond Saddam: Reality Beyond the Rhetoric."

In March 2003, a number of MSA VCU students skipped their classes for one day, in a show of solidarity with a nationwide strike (dubbed "Books Not Bombs") protesting America's then-imminent invasion of Iraq. "There seems to be a growing consensus on campuses that war is not the only answer," said MSA VCU President Sohaib Mohiuddin. "We need to think about the repercussions, approach this sensibly and listen to the world consensus."

In February 2005, MSA VCU presented a Black History Month event titled "The Pilgrimmage of Malcolm X." The featured guest speaker was Jihad Abdul-Mumit, a former Black Panther described by MSA VCU as a "civil rights activist." A supporter of the convicted cop-killer and leftist icon Mumia Abu Jamal, Abdul-Mumit is an actor best known for his performance in "The Shootout," described by the Massachusetts Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition (MSHRC) as "a two-man dramatization" that "depict[s] the spiritual and psychological divisions that have historically ripped apart just about every semblance of unity amongst African Americans . . . from the beginning when Africans were snatched so violently and decisively from Mother Africa." "The play," adds MSHRC, "speaks to the many problems people are confronted with," including "economic exploitation," "social underdevelopment," "the colonial relationship between the community and those in power," and "draconian laws [that] have been passed to keep people marginalized and disenfranchised."

During its presentation of "The Pilgrimmage of Malcolm X," MSA VCU screened a documentary film showcasing the ideas of Zaid Shakir and Hamza Yusuf. Shakir is known for having expressed his desire to see the United States eventually become a Muslim country ruled by Islamic law. Yusuf, too, has given evidence that he is a Muslim extremist. In September 2004 Islam scholar Daniel Pipes reported that Yusuf (possibly the West's most influential Muslim scholar) had recently announced (at the Islamic Society of North America's national conference) that he had "failed" a "test" which Pipes devised -- a test containing a number of questions designed to determine whether a particular Muslim respondent is radical or moderate in his beliefs. "I took that test and I failed," said Yusuf, meaning that by Pipes' standards he rated as a radical. "And I want to say to all of you, I hope you fail that test too."

In November 2007, MSA VCU promoted an event by the Muslim Students Association of the U.S. and Canada, titled "Maintaining Spirituality: Key Lessons for MSA Workers -- A Nationwide Conference Call with Imam [Mohamed] Magid."

Magid is Vice President of the Islamic Society of North America. According to Militant Islam Monitor, he is affiliated with the All Dulles Area Muslims Society (ADAMS), which has longstanding ties to terrorism. For example, ADAMS Chairman Ahmed Tontonji was named as a defendant in a $1 trillion lawsuit filed by more than 600 relatives of people who had died in the 9/11 attacks. Tontonji also served as Vice President of the International Institute of Islamic Thought, which U.S. officials have linked to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. In March 2002, federal agents raided ADAMS's facility in Herndon, Virginia, as part of an investigation into financial support for terrorism. Magid himself was present when the agents first arrived.