Islam students at LUC

So this is a combo of my last two posts. Get ready to read 400 words of awesomeness and try not to get overwhelmed. A few weeks ago I attended the Tariq Ramadan event at Loyola hosted by the MSA. I really enjoyed the event and was intrigued by Tariq Ramadan. It was a great [...]

I attended an interfaith community service project and I found it very interesting how members of different practices can come together for a common goal. It is a common misconception among those that are not well learned in religion that Muslims and Christians can come together to do good. We have been working on rebuilding [...]

I was talking to a few other fellow Muslim students attending Loyola University and the topic of the Muslim student body here came up. We spoke about Muslims portray themselves to other students and to faculty. We realized that being a Muslim student on campus has a more negative connotation rather than a positive one. [...]

I was recently discussing the revolutions in the Middle East withs some friends and a few thoughts occured to me. One of which was the rise of the voices of people with respect to art. There are more and more music artists and drawing artists that have incorporated freedom with the concept of Islam. There [...]

I did not attend last week’s class due to an event I was attending. However, I did attend Professor Mozaffar’s talk on Quranic Advice. I found it very interesting how he discussed main points about how the Quran tells Muslims to live their lives and that there are certain pre-requisite steps a Muslim must take [...]

Last week there was no class and therefore was not able to enrich my mind with no information from class. The readings that were assigned to read talked about Islamic law and the goals that Muslims should reach for. Islam is based on 5 pillars that make the foundation of the religion. The 5 pillars [...]

Last week in class we finished the movie Mooz-lum. I thought the movie was okay, but I did not like how they represented the father. They portrayed the father as a scary die hard Muslim, when in reality I dont think it to be that way. All the black Muslims I know are absolutely awesome and free [...]

Last week in class we delved deeper into the differences between Sunni, Shia, and Ibadi. It was interesting to note that for the most part they are the same, there are few religious differences between them. The differences arise from the politics that were a  result of differences in opinions between certain groups of followers [...]

Last week in class we learned more about the Prophet Muhammad’s life, but more specifically, we focused on his life as a military mastermind. We talked about the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud. It was interesting to learn how Muhammad’s role as a Prophet and a military leader coincided and led to [...]

Last week in class we discussed the personal life of Prophet Muhammad. One of the things that stuck out the most to me was the Year of Sadness. Three things happened that year that caused him to feel sad: the death of his wife Khadija, the death of his uncle Abu Talib,  and the rejection [...]