Week 2 Blog

Posted by: bounthcy on: January 31, 2012

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In the second week of class we completed My Name Is Khan. I thought that it was a great movie and really showcased the important messages about acceptance, kindness, hope, honesty and, most importantly love. The movie serves as good food for thought while still embodying the Bollywood love story genre.

Having grown up studying Islam in school, the Life of Prophet Muhammad is not something I haven’t already read a lot on, but it’s always interesting to get a new perspective and a different author telling the stories. I’ve always found the story about the Hijrah and how Prophet Muhammad spread Islam to the different tribes very intriguing because they showcase the gist of how Islam was spread through peace and the teachings of the Prophet as compared to the belief that Islam was spread through violence.

I’m currently enrolled in an Indian Art History course and one of the points brought up was that in Islamic Art animate objects like humans and animals are not allowed to be portrayed. The concept behind this is something that was always very fascinating. The reason why animate objects like humans and animals are not allowed to be portrayed in Islamic art is that we are not God and if we deign to create one of his creations then we should also bring it to life and since we cannot (obviously) bring any painting of an animal or human to life we should not try to mimic the actions preordained to God.

Going off of lollipopsgumdropsandsunshine’s blog post about ants I read a recent article about a non-human world war taking place right now between ants and how the winter ant, has been using chemical warfare to combat the Argentinean ants’ onslaught. According to the article “The winter ants… manufacture a poison in a gland in their abdomen that they dispense when under extreme duress. One tiny drop applied to an Argentine ant is enough to put an end to it.” It amazes me the intensity of their will to survive and how even the smallest of God’s creations can be so intelligent. http://en.mercopress.com/2011/06/09/world-conquering-argentina-ants-defeated-and-rolled-back-in-california