Islam students at LUC

I didn’t expect last class to be the last class so I was kind of sad but other than that class was cool. I thought the Jinn story that Mozaffer told was pretty cool. It was one of the first Jinn stories I was told and wasn’t even scared of. Overall I really liked the [...]

This past week in class we had a really interesting discussion about Islamic spirituality. We learned about the three levels of god consciousness, Islam, Iman, and Ihsan. I had learned about these levels before but they were defined slightly differently. It was interesting because I had never before thought of hope of salvation or fear [...]

Last week in class we did skits about Surah Yusuf and I have to say I felt odd about doing them. In way a see how the Qur’an is open to interpretation so doing a skit to ones own interpretation could be considered okay but in retrospect I dont think I would do it again [...]

Last night I went to a SJP event that  featured spoken word artist Remi Kenazi and Hip Hop artist Omar Offendum. It was really cool to see the different modes of expression when trying to voice something. I thought the spoken word was awesome and especially liked how the artist constantly reminded the audience that [...]

Last week I wasnt able to make it to class but I heard we watched the documentary interrupters. I really wanted to see the documentary because I had heard a lot about it in the news and thought it was especially cool that it took place in Chicago and was about a Muslim woman who [...]

Last week we didn’t have class. The readings for class were interesting. The Rumi book is interesting and I like his style of poetry. The other reading, ‘Living Islam With Purpose” is really cool as well. I like how it centers around the belief that humans are like untapped mined with great resources and they [...]

Last week in class we saw the ending of Mooz-lum. I thought the movie was okay, it was overly dramatized and I don’t MSA’s are that intense, at least not at Loyola. As for the point of the movie I think that it may have been trying to convey an important message, that ones perception [...]

Last week in class we discussed how one would know that scripture is indeed a word of God and how many people believe that Adam was the first man. I thought it was interesting to see different viewpoints on a basic tenet of religion that I had never really critically thought about before. I also [...]

This week in class we discussed Muhammad’s conquering of Medina and his relations with the Quraysh. I really think the prophet’s military expeditions are interesting. Since the Muslims were outnumbered by so many, it is amazing to see the amount of sheer brilliance used in the military tactics employed by the prophet. The skill and [...]

This week in class we went farther into the history of the Prophet’s history and got as far as his arrival to Medina. We also split into groups and discussed the personal and community goals of religion as well as the problems. I thought the excersize  was really interesting because it showed what different people [...]