Islam students at LUC

This is out last blog of this class and I feel that this should be a reflection blog. While watching the movie What a billion Muslims really think I found the very line of the documentary to be very powerful “….engage the world based on facts not fear.”  This quote is extremely powerful in the sense that [...]

This week in class we learned about the levels of connectivity with God. I found it interesting and easy to relate to about the different levels of closeness and how to differentiate between the various levels. The first level is dis-connectivity between the prayers of the tongue and the prayers of the heart.. I do that all the time [...]

Last week we did not have class… which is the way that everyone seems to start these blogs, it is kind of like duh no shit, but it fills up the word count – wahoo 34! Regardless, I went home to celebrate Easter with my family, did the church thing, did the traditional food thing, [...]

Last week in class we did our “skits” of the story of Joseph….I thought it was really interesting to watch how each group interpreted the story. I also found int interesting that each group cut out certain parts of the story and others kept parts in. Every group was able to display an image (some [...]

I somewhat forgot the new format – 200 words on Islam is what I am going to do. But first do we really have to do that quiz, I do not think our negotiating skills worked….regardless –   In the news I saw Tunisia officals told their people that they will not be using Islamic [...]

In class this week we watched the movie “The Interrupters”, I am a little confused why this movie is being showing in an intro to Islam class, because there is a muslim woman in it? However, I find the movie to be interesting and moving. There are people that change themselves and dedicate their live [...]

So this is my late blog, that I was supposed to do during spring break, but I was in the Amazon and they do not have Internet in the jungle.  Reading from that week…uhhhhh there is a weight restriction on luggage…?  In the news this week…well last week I wrote about my intriguing experience in [...]

Last week I was unable to attend class, but as I said last week I did finished watching the movie on my own. I found it very interesting a little sad relating to the way the two movies depicted muslim stereotypes. However, I also thought it was disappointing how Americans reacted against other fellow Americans [...]

In class last week we talked about faith the differences of some beliefs such as Adam and Eve, the Evolution theory etc. There were a lot of differences of opinions, which should be expected but also there were some interesting points made. I am excited to hear the perspective of Islam on some of these [...]

This week in class we continued talking about the life of Muhammad. We saw more into his attitudes of war and how he triumphed over Mecca. The strategy for war holds a lot of political authority for Muhammad. It showed how many people followed him and how powerful he was/is. The readings for this class [...]