week 2

Posted by: bigdaddy114 on: January 31, 2012

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Last class, we finally finished that three hour long Bollywood film, My Name Is Khan. I thought the film was alright, nothing special. I feel it did a decent job at its purpose, to show the disparities of Muslims in America and falsify the prejudices which have been associated with the religion of Islam, which literally translates to ‘peace.’  I don’t think I have to mention that it over dramatized everything, that’s pretty much assumed since it is a Bollywood film.

The article we were assigned to read really appealed to me and was very interesting. Even after regularly going to the masjid and having parents who held my hand throughout my whole experience with Islam, there was still much I didn’t know that was answered in this text. This is not to say that it was confusing. A lot of the material was previous knowledge I had acquired somewhere else before.

An issue present in Islam is pretty evident in Loyola. There are many Muslim students I know that go here and yet one would never think they are Muslim. Not to be judgmental, but they show a total disregard for their religion due to the hardships of student life. I know Professor Mozaffar is teaching an informal class on Monday afternoons regarding Islam and student life. Sadly, class was cancelled this week cause he probably overslept or something. I look forward to attending next week for sure.

To therealgretchenweiners, I was talking about the McDonald’s on Schaefer and Ford, if you know where that is. Past the Taco Bell. Also, I agree. I go down there every so often, usually about once a month, and see many individuals who are ‘Americanized.’ The food really is good, especially considering that most, if not all, of the food is Halal and permissible for Muslims to eat.