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Posted by: dotdotdot12 on: January 31, 2012

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In class last week we finished the movie “My Name Is Khan”. I thought the movie’s purpose was good even though it exaggerated several stereotypes. I believe that the movie was directed towards all Americans to illustrate the negative effect which 9/11 had on Muslims living in America. It also showed how the vast majority of Muslims aren’t extremists. Several stereotypes were exaggerated such as when Rizwan was praying outside and the Asian tourist starting taking pictures of him or when the white men would randomly curse at the Muslim store owner.

After reading the articles from The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad, I found it interesting that there were a few differences between the Muhammad depicted by the Quran and the Muhammad depicted by post Quranic sources, such as tafsir, Sira, and hadith. This is shown in the differences in the interpretation of the splitting of the moon. Some claim that the splitting of the moon was solely a signal of the approaching Day of Judgment and was not purposely done by Muhammad. However, other sources say that Muhammad split the moon as a sign to the people.

I was reading an article on the New York Times page from January 15 titled “Bomb Targets Shiite Muslims at Service in Pakistan”. 17 people were killed and 25 were wounded after a religious ceremony commemorating the 40th day after the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. I think it’s really sad that anyone could take advantage of such a sad event for the Shiites in order to kill them.

In response to princessprobs, I think it’s very sad that people’s ignorance hinders them from knowing the truth about Islam. Some people fail to see past the event of 9/11 when they look at Muslims. For this reason, I think that the movie “My Name is Khan” did a good job in portraying life after 9/11 from the Muslim perspective.