Islam students at LUC

I guess there’s a jail in Missouri that’s going to allow a Hijab for women.  I’m wondering what everyone else thinks about this.  I do agree everyone should have religious accommodations and I’m now wondering what other religious items are allowed inside jails.  I guess I just don’t see how a hijab would be a [...]

A man killed 77 people last year in Oslo, and he’s claiming he did it to protect Norway from Islam.  I think this is a ridiculous statement.  How could anyone even say that?  He stated that he did it in self-defense, too, before a judge.  He said he shouldn’t be punished as a criminal because [...]

We presented our skits in class this week.  I wasn’t expecting to laugh so much, especially since we still have to hear the hyena joke. All of them were entertaining, even the improv one.  I really enjoyed getting to see the different ways my classmates came up to modernize a biblical story.  The skit I [...]

I guess there’s a new question-and-answer service online that the Taliban is offering?  I’m not sure how I feel about that.  Part of me wanted to laugh out loud, and part of me wanted to as so many questions.  Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid will be answering any questions that come through.  Maybe we should make this [...]

We watched “The Interrupters” in class this past week.  There are people in the South side of Chicago trying to stop the violence by resolving conflicts.  They’ve stopped a lot of crimes from happening and risk their lives by putting themselves in the middle of danger to save lives. We also spent a bit of [...]

We didn’t have class this past week. We’re reading more about Islamic law.  There was one statement on the Chittick and Murata reading that stood out to me.  The authors state that “to be a follower of any religion brought by a prophet is to be a Muslim.” (page 133) Although some Muslims would say [...]

This past week we finished watching Mooz-lum.  We learned about the main character more, specifically why he was so distant from his Muslim upbringing.  He was physically abused as a child and his family never knew.  It’s sad that one person can have such an effect on another’s religious beliefs, when faith is supposed to [...]

The first half of class was dedicated to a discussion on the reasons why people believe in God.  How do we know that what we believe in is actually real?  A lot of people had a few insights and the general consensus was that a person makes his or her reality.  After all, religious events [...]

This past week we learned more about Muhammad’s time in Medina and his journey to Mecca.  We learned of the challenges the Muslims had to face in Arabia & the surrounding areas.  The Quraysh tried their best to stop Islam from spreading, but were rendered powerless against Muhammad’s political skills.  In the end, the leaders [...]