About MSS · University of Oslo
Thirty years ofbrotherhood & sisterhood.
Since 20 March 1995, Muslimsk Studentsamfunn has been the home of Muslim student life at the University of Oslo — the country's largest Muslim student society, and its warmest welcome.
Our story
From a few,
to a community.
MSS was founded in 1995 by a small group of Muslim students who wanted a place to practise their faith together amid student life. What began as informal gatherings has grown into Norway's largest Muslim student society.
Today we run our own library, Scandinavia’s foremost Quran competition, and a Salam editorial team still putting out the journal — alongside a network of friendships that spans generations of students.
Milestones
Ourhighlights.
MSS founded
On 20 March 1995, a handful of Muslim students at UiO establish the society — one that grows into Norway's largest Muslim student society.
Salam in print
MSS launches Salam — the society’s own magazine, a student voice for faith, ideas and campus life.
Held together through the pandemic
Iftars, lectures and halaqas move online — run jointly with OsloMet's Muslim society, so that a year of closed campuses is not a year spent alone.
Research with HL-senteret
A partnership with the Holocaust Center studying discrimination against Muslims in Norway, tied to the Government's 2020–23 action plan.
A newsletter every hijri month
On the first of each hijri month a newsletter goes out to every member — society news, Islamic history, a hadith, and a du'a to memorise.
116,055 kr for Palestine
"Stand for Palestina" runs at Frederikkeplassen through the winter — the largest sum the society has raised for a single cause.
Society of the Year, runner-up
MSS takes second place for Årets Forening ved UiO, with two board members nominated for Årets Ildsjel the same year.
First Quran Competition
The inaugural Scandinavian Quran Competition is held for the brothers, drawing reciters from across Norway — alongside the first "Allah Says" conference at Chateau Neuf.
Open to all — and a library of our own
The Quran Competition welcomes both brothers and sisters for the first time, Al-Maktabah — the society's own library — opens its doors, and the annual Gaza orphan campaign raises some 90,000 kr.
Norway's largest — and still growing
MSS remains the country’s largest Muslim student society, welcoming a new intake of students every single year.
What we offer
A full year,filled with community.
Together, all year
Whatever else is on, we show up for each other.
The heart of it all
Brotherhood & sisterhood
More than prayers and study — the friendships that outlast the degree.
New things appear every term. The calendar is the live list.
Jumu'ah
Community around the Friday prayer, every week on campus.
Al-Maktabah
Our own library, free to borrow from — opened in 2026.
SQC
Scandinavia's foremost Quran competition.
Charity
The Community Fund and sadaqah projects.
Our compass
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا
And hold firmly together to the rope of Allah, and do not be divided.
That is our goal, and every board takes it up again: gather the students, and keep them together, through prayer, study, football pitches and shared iftars.
Board archive
The students who carry MSS.
Every board is elected by the general assembly. May Allah reward them for their service, this year's and every board since 1995.
Select a term
Styret 2025–2026
10 elected students
Yasmin Zakaria
Midtøstenstudier
Mariama Ahmed
Utviklingsstudier og bærekraft
Sumaia Akram
Vernepleier
Malak Zakout
Medisin
Shna Miran Ahmed
Klinisk ernæring
We hold the 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 rosters as names and roles only, so they are not published here yet, and a few names are still missing from the terms above. If you served on a board and would like it published here, write to post@muslimskstudent.no.
Membership is open
There is a place for you here.
Join 300+ students for 100 NOK a year — the library, every event, trips and socials, and a brotherhood & sisterhood that lasts long after graduation.
Open to all Muslim students at UiO · takes two minutes
Not sure yet? Ask us anything and a board member will answer.