Update on Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) book collection

Some concerns have been expressed that Concordia University, through its offer to assist the MSA in reviewing its book collection, was assisting in the culling or censorship of books on campus. This is absolutely not the case.

The MSA recently removed some controversial works from their shelves so as to review their contents. They also decided to conduct an audit of their collection as it has grown organically over a period of about a dozen years.

The university offered the MSA the services of the university library with the professional knowledge and expertise to help them through this process, which will respect freedom of speech and academic freedom, as is always the case at Concordia.

Concordia is not a place where books are censored, either in the MSA collection or elsewhere. The university and the MSA will continue to work together in the weeks ahead.