Islam students at LUC

Last week in class we discussed the external and internal conditions of Islam. We talked about actions and the intentions to do those actions and what they mean. Your body is external and the heart is internal. We learned that in this Islamic paradigm, you need a law to give direction to the spiritual world. [...]

So like everyone already said, last week we did not have class due to Easter Break . I used my time off to relax. Anywayssss I started reading a different book, not required by our class, but randomly on Hadith. It’s An-Nawawi’sForty Hadith.Some of the hadith I read were mainly about intentions. It was nice [...]

It was a lot of fun watching all the skits that were done on Surah Yusuf. Everyone was great and it was nice seeing the way each group presented the story of Prophet Yusuf. I think this helps the class understand the story of Yusuf better and makes it stick in their heads. I read [...]

THe other day I was having a conversation with a friend about the many different sects of Islam. As we were talking about the different sects, the topic of the Qur’an came up and how some people strictly only follow it and nothing else such as the Hadith (which are stories and ways of Muhammad [...]

in class: I wasn’t in class due to a wedding but I heard many others weren’t in class either due to the talent show. So the class started watching a documentary. readings: Chapter 15 was interesting to read. It dealt with death and embracing it. It gave a different side to death and not something [...]

in class: last week in class we finished watching Moozlum. Unfortunately I missed it since I came to class late. During the second half of class, we discussed the Qur’an. We discussed how there were many different dialects of the language Arabic but the Arabic the Qur’an is written in is the most beautiful form. [...]

in class: I was not in class last week. But from other posts I see that I missed the discussion of why people believe in God and what proof is there for God etc etc. Fortunately, I remember having this discussion last semester in Intro to Qur’an so I know where it probably went. I [...]

In class: we continued learning about Muhammad’s life and how he was able tonspread the religion of Islam by patience and the help of God. We learned that Muhammad had a lot of enemies but even with all the struggles, he was able to become successful. He became even more successful because he was also [...]

in class: We continued the history of Muhammad’s prophethood where we learned about his struggles and strengths. I actually heard little details that I didn’t know before. We also had a group discussion of what goals religion has and what are its function to the society and as a whole. It actually got me thinking [...]

We finished watching the movie this week. Again, I thought this was a good movie and it really hit on a few interesting topics of conversation. The main character faced many struggles in his life so it was interesting to see him handle all the hardships with his identity as well as his health problems [...]