Islam students at LUC

I really enjoyed comming to this class.  It brought up allot of issues going on in our time, and issue’s I have about my religion.  I walked away with allot and I appreciate everything we did.  About the last class I was really sad to not talk about Jihad.  I really think that is one [...]

After reading some of Rumi’s stuff I got very interested in Sufism.  Its very beautiful how he revived the community by writing these works of art.  After reading allot of it sufism is a very peaceful and enriching way of going about religion.  They talk about letting go from this world and concentrating on the [...]

The discussion of Rumi carried over from one week to another. And, a couple other things noted in the Rumi discussions were everything has a place and purpose in this world. That good comes out of bad and we can’t get enough of God. We have to trust in God and this is evident in [...]

The overarching purpose in the Rumi poems is to connect and bring the reader closer to God. For instance, one of the things found was the heart over mind. The only way to experience and know God is through the heart, or the irrational. In Islamic belief the universe cannot explain God but the heart [...]

The story of Joseph is one which is well known across religions. There are some differences between the Islamic version and the Christian version of the story. Reuben, the eldest brother, advised the brothers to throw Joseph into the pit and rescue him later. This wasn’t noted in the Qur’an. Also, Christianity seems to teach [...]

I was very intrigued by our discussion about what society or religion should work to protect, promote, and/or preserve. A lot of topics were mentioned by several groups. I think overall, people have a basic idea of what is important and not important. However, some of things were quite interesting. When Professor Mozaffar opted to [...]

The Qur’an is really unique due to its repetition and themes. Rather than a story or entire time line of events, the  Qur’an focuses on revelations and messages. There seems to be a vast amount of consistency in the Qur’an. The Qur’an contains poetry and prose as well as surahs and  ayahs. For example, while [...]

This topic has been covered by several news outlets. Yet it puzzles me why people assume this is taking place at  Ground Zero. What’s up with the intolerance levels in America? One comical point was made when someone stated that  allowing Muslims to build a mosque near Ground Zero ensures that the future building won’t [...]

Prophet Muhammad is very similar to Jesus in terms of his mission and goals. There was an incident by the well, in  which Jesus asked a woman for water and then forgave her for her transgressions. At the same time, Muhammad noted a  parable in regards to a man seeking water from the well and [...]

This was a very interesting movie to say the least. I was kept at the edge of my seat only because I was expecting  the father to kill his son at some point. At the start of the movie I felt the father was not going to show up or  was going to desert him [...]