Within a few months of his first visit to the mosque, Mr. Saied was asked to deliver the sermon during a Friday prayer service, attended by students and other Muslims.
It is a main port of call for other Muslim students, helping them to know where local mosques are, where prayer rooms are on campus and where to meet other Muslims.
Students listened to lectures, ate communal meals of lamb, chicken and rice, and worshipped in a makeshift prayer area a portion of a large banquet room with sheets spread on the carpet to mark a sanctified zone.