Islam students at LUC

Starting this book, I sort of felt like it can’t possibly be related to what we learn in class. How can it discuss the importance of the Prophet or what Islam is about etc. where my first impression. But I like the poetry because it does in fact make you feel closer to God. The [...]

I read this book, Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan by Iraq Veterans Against the war. Basically, it is a testimonial by a few dozen soldiers who tell their stories about Iraq. One section is basically about dehumanization of the enemy. I was actually thinking about this after we watched the documentary in class last week [...]

through the readings they discussed something about false gods and how ignorant people sometimes believe that Allah to be a false god. But in reality Allah is one and the same as the monotheistic God that wish Christians and Jews all believe in. “There is no god but God,” gets to me showing that if [...]

It was interesting to talk about whether or not the Qur’an is a piece that transcends time. I agree that the messages within the Qur’an, that is, the ideas that are presented, do transcend time. It is difficult to take a literal translation out of anything and have it transcend over time, which is where [...]

One of the pillars of Islam as many people know is to pray Salat. It is required five times a day and consists of many steps, all forming a routine to be repeated in different amounts of sets. But what’s important is that praying teaches Muslims many important traits. First, we learn to be responsible [...]

I’d like to discuss the Surah 90, which was a calling to people that reminded them of the need to ditch any luxurious lifestyle which makes people arrogant. It talks about the need for good intentions to approaching life. Don’t help the needy because that is the way to salvation, but do it out of [...]

I thought that the beginning of chapter three in “The Vision of Islam” was very interesting.  It began with the Shahadah.  The Shahadah consists of two statements: “There is no god but God” and “Muhammad is the messenger of God.”  We have heard this statement many times before in class, but we have not really [...]

So I was going through some youtube videos and stumbled upon one which shows why a man converted to Islam because of Christianity, which intrigued me- since this class has been questioning my religion as well. But throughout the old testament what he emphasized were the contradictions and people that made mistakes and the little [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/world/asia/29iht-movie.html?pagewanted=2&ref=islam The Malaysian movie industry has never released a film dealing with homosexuality because the government strictly believes that homosexuality is still taboo in their culture. However, the movie makers kept knocking at the door, and the new film “Dalam Botol” , a love story of two male characters that end in “indirect remorse” due [...]

We discussed the process of Hajj in class and how it is important for a Muslim to complete this journey in his lifetime. In Islam, if a Muslim has the means to perform this process, it is obligatory upon him to do so. I didn’t know people planned years ahead to do this or that [...]