2020 Competitions Rulebook

The Official MIST Competitions Rulebook for 2020 is here!

If you’ve participated in MIST previously, you will notice the following important changes:

• MIST Honor code updated with new plagiarism rules

• Early submission post-deadline submission guidelines have changed 

• Humanitarian Service rules have changed

• Parliamentary Debate rules have changed

• Spoken Word rules regarding memorization have been updated 

• Knowledge Test ranking rules have changed

(Rulebook updated: January 13, 2020)

This year's Knowledge Test books are:

• Keys to Immortal Success: A Collection of Yaqeen Institute Publications

  • The Guiding Principles of Faith: Sincerity, Honesty and Good Will in Islam

  • The Technology of Happiness

  • The Idea of Happiness in the Qur’an

• Gender & Islam: A Collection of Yaqeen Institute Publications

  • Courage & Commitment: The Femininity of Muslim Women

  • An Open Letter to Muslim Men: The Sunnah Trumps Toxic Masculinity

  • Be a Man: Prophetic Masculinity

  • Women in Islamic Law: Examining Five Prevalent Myths

• Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary

• Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa 

This year’s MIST Bowl topics are:

1. Topic I: Predicting & Preventing Islamophobia with ISPU

2. Topic II: The Firsts, the Forerunners of Islam with Yaqeen Institute

3. Topic III: Black Muslim History Foundations with Yaqeen Institute

4. Topic IV: Muslim Youth & Mental Health

5. Topic V: The Rise of the Far Right

6. Topic VI: Current Events (Starting January 1st, 2020)

Other competitions requiring topics:

Original Oratory/Prepared Essay

Debate

Humanitarian Service Campaigns

Students may use one of the following projects to build out their campaigns:

International:

1. Syrian Refugee Projects (Jordan, Lebanon, Tukey)

2. Somalia Projects

3. Rohingya Refugee Projects (Bangladesh & Myanmar)

4. Afghanistan Projects

5. Tunisia Projects

Domestic:

1. USA Humanitarian Disaster and Emergency Response Projects (DRT)

2. USA Hunger and Food Related Programs

Prompts, packets and books updated February 2, 2020.