2019 Competitions Rulebook

The Official MIST Competitions Rulebook for 2019 is here!

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

• The Community Service competition has been changed to Humanitarian Service.

  • The competition has expanded to include a number of causes and countries to support. Please refer to the Rulebook for the new causes and countries.

• The design of the debate ballots have changed.

• Students are permitted to bring current event references to extemporaneous competitions.

• Minor changes to other rules and ballots.

(Rulebook updated: February 23, 2019)

This year's Knowledge Test books are:

1. Islam and Ethics: A Collection of Yaqeen Institute Publications

   1. War, Islam, and the Sanctity of Life: Non-Aggression in the Islamic Code of Combat

   2. Pulling the Plug: The Islamic Perspectives on End-of-Life Care

   3. When the Earth Speaks Against Us: Environmental Ethics in Islam

2. Islam and Mental Health: A Collection of Yaqeen Institute Publications

   1. How to be a Mindful Muslim: An Exercise in Islamic Meditation

   2. The Lost Art of Contemplation: Spiritual Psychology Series

   3. Tying Your Camel: An Islamic Perspective on Methodological Naturalism

3. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida

4. The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson

This year's MIST Bowl topics are:

1. Topic I: Muslims in Science

2. Topic II: Global Health Crisis: Equality in Unequal Access
   (updated January 29, 2019)

3. Topic III: How Islam Spread Throughout the World by Yaqeen Institute

4. Topic IV: People of Perseverance by Yaqeen Institute (updated February 7th, 2019)

5. Topic V: Poets of the Past and Present
   (updated January 29, 2019)

6. Topic VI: Current Events (Starting January 1st, 2019)

Other competitions requiring topics:

Original Oratory/Prepared Essay

Debate

Prompts, packets and books updated January 29, 2019.