Islam students at LUC

Last week in class we finished talking about the 5 pillars of Islam and wrapped up our last class by sharing jinn stories. I liked hearing other students’ responses to the pillars of zakat and hajj.  I had never truly thought much about either action aside from as something that Muslims must do. Listening to [...]

I enjoyed last weeks class a lot. The entire discussion on levels of faith and duas of the heart vs tongue was enrapturing. It was the kind of class where you end up bringing the discussion  back home with you. I especially liked the discussions that these topics generated. When we talked about the different [...]

Last week we did not have class due to Easter break. It was nice to go home early for once. I was informed that, last week, someone had written quite a negative/controversial blog post. I decided to do some recon and found the post in question. Well, I must say alphabum359, something must have really [...]

Last class we presented our skits. Props to the groups who actually came prepared and put thought into their skits. I’m happy a lot of you guys found the experience helpful. I thought a lot of the ideas people came up with were very entertaining. If anything, I wish the skits emphasized the differences between [...]

In the previous class we finished watching the Interrupters and continued working on our group projects. I must say, the idea of performing a skit on a sura from the Qur’an is a little disturbing to me. I know there really is no legitimate reason behind this uneasiness, but perhaps it is just the way [...]

It seems that I missed out on yet another wonderful and thought provoking class. I have always wanted to watch the documentary “The Interrupters”, but never had the opportunity to. I guess there wasn’t enough time to finish the entire film, though, so I shall enjoy what little I do get to watch this week. [...]

Well, we did not have class last week, so I was a little bit confused on what exactly we should be saying in this paragraph. I suppose I could tell you all about how today is 3/14 as in 3.14 and Pi day! So go out and celebrate! For this weeks reading we continued in [...]

This past week, we finished watching the movie “Mooz-lum”. I thought the film did a good job of showing how growing up in a faith can often be more of a struggle as one tries to find meaning in that religion for one’s self. The main character was born into Islam, but never managed to [...]

Last week the class got into a really good debate over religion and the significance of Holy texts. We addressed why people believe in what they do. One of the bigger topics we discussed was about the creation of religion as an organization versus simply a belief. I had a lot of fun listening to [...]

In last week’s class we had a really good discussion on action versus inaction. The topic was introduced by the actions of Muhammad as he continued to spread the message of Islam. Many considered his use of “bribery” unconventional and wrong. Was it worth converting them if they only did it for a price? Also, [...]