Islam students at LUC

Last weeks class basically covered the rest of the five pillars, the Day of Judgement; it’s signs and some scary stories about jinns (Islams version of ghosts – sort of). I was actually pretty disappointed with the jinn stories session I was hoping for a legitimate scary experience and I came out of it with [...]

Last week we started talking about the five pillars of Islam. I really enjoyed the class session, but, one thing that struck me as odd was how surprised Professor Mozaffar was when some of the Muslim students said that they actually enjoyed and looked forward to the month of Ramadan. I’m Muslim and honestly I [...]

Easter break blog. I usually have work all day before our class on Thursday and that day after work the realization that there was not class was somewhat bittersweet. I really enjoy this class and how it makes me look deeper into the little things that make me go wow, so it was sad not [...]

So as I mentioned earlier I’m sticking to the original blog structure. Last week the class in groups presented their skits acting out their interpretations of Surah Yusuf by creating a up to date satire of sorts of the Surah. While the skits were each very entertaining some more than others like the Harry Potter [...]

Last week in class we finished the Interrupters which I really enjoyed. It was amazing seeing people making a proactive effort to help others and I think that this movie definitely could serve as an inspiration for change. The scene that really moved me was when the kid who was convicted for armed robbery went [...]

Last week I did not attend class and opted to instead attend Entertainment Night or Talent Show hosted by the MSA for their Islam Awareness Week. This year’s entertainment went far beyond expectations because it didn’t adhere to the typical brother reading a nasheed (poem praising God) and spoken word. Instead we had two sisters [...]

So we didn’t have class because of Spring Break and I’m pretty sure Professor Mozaffar said we weren’t supposed to do a blog but since pretty much everybody else has done a blog I figure I was projecting and he never really said that. “Theological Dimensions of Islamic Law” by Umar Abd-Allah was an interesting [...]

Last week we finished Mooz-lum and truthfully it was a big disappointment. The end was extremely abrupt and choppy and I don’t think it justly covered the aftermath of the 9/11 attack and it sort of jumped from the parents’ reaction to Tariq going back to the root of his trauma.  It didn’t fulfill the [...]

Last week we started the movie Mooz-lum. I had initially seen the trailers and thought that it looked interesting; however the start of the movie hasn’t been as interesting as I had thought it would be. Sure the message and attempt is a good one but the movie is full of mediocre acting and over [...]

Last week we continued to discuss the biography of the Prophet (pbuh). I really enjoyed the topic last week because we talked about the battles that took place then. I really enjoyed going over the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud and the strategies that were used and how the Muslims were both [...]