Islam students at LUC

Last week in class we rapped up our class discussion by talking about Ginns and the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars include: The Shahadah, the Salat, the Zakat, Fasting, and the Hajj.  These remain as important ideas throughout the lives of all Muslims. Although some Muslims may never take the Hajj or pilgrimage [...]

This week I watched the film, Inside Islam: What a billion Muslims really think. I found that this film was very interesting.  The film was a documentary chronicling the largest mass Muslim poll every conducted by the Gallup polling company.  Some of the statistics discussed in the movie were pretty shocking.  But what stood out [...]

Today I was reading an article on Fox News, yes I know its Fox News, which described current political demonstrations in Yemen. Many Yemen citizens want those loyal to the former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down hand over power to Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the new president of Yemen.  Although this seems like [...]

I recently visited yahoo.com and stumbled across an article entitled, “Al Qaeda Cleric’s Call From Grave: Attack With Bio Weapons.” At first thought it was misprint but after reading the article I was shocked to hear his standpoint on why biochemical force should be used against a civilian population.  Unfortunately these radicals continue to show [...]

For many of us we take for granted the freedoms we have in the United States.  But these freedoms are not shared by all people around the world.  Today I read an article on cnn.com about the military raid at Aleppo University in Syria. It is reported that six students were killed and many more [...]

Last Week in class we discussed several random aspects of Islam. We concluded our discussion with a discussion of Jinns. I personally had no idea what a Jinn was, I originally thought it was a ghost similar to that of Casper or the boogey man. But after hearing the stories told by my fellow classmates [...]

Today I read an article on cnn.com that stated that the Syrian present has accepted a proposed UN peace treaty. I have read numerous articles in the last few weeks, mainly for these blogs, that has depicted the destruction that is occurring in Syria. Earlier this month Mari Colven was killed while on assignment in [...]

In response to Uncategorized after reading your comment I was outraged and angered to hear about the murder that occurred in El Cajon, California. I cannot believe that people still commit these hate crimes. If I was an emigrant Muslim, I’m not sure how I would react. I would imagine that most Muslims would feel [...]

Last Thursday, we finished the movie Mooz-lum. We finally learned why Tariq was so distant from his Muslim upbringing and why he didn’t want to accept his faith. A teacher at his childhood school tragically beat him with a whip after he was caught trick-or-treating on Halloween. The movie concluded with Tariq bonding with other Muslim students [...]

In last weeks class we started watching the movie Mooz-lum, which depicted the struggles a young Muslim boy faced growing up in United States. Which made matters worse was that his father forced his beliefs upon the boy, Tariq. We also discussed the three main sects of Islam, the Sunni, Shia, and Ibaddi, and how they differ. [...]