My Sister Made Of Light

In this essay I will be addressing honor and relating it to the first chapter we read in “My sister made of light, the video that was watched in class “Muslim women in Minang”,
What is Honor? There isn’t an exact definition of honor, because it can mean many things. I can honor my parents by listening to them. But I can honor myself, for following my personal values. I also can hold someone in high respect, by honoring them. Can a woman show her husband honor by allowing for him to abuse her? Is there be honor in Violence? Apparently, so, in the first chapter of “My sister made of light”, Ujala, the main characters, tells her life story on how she ended up in jail. She also discusses what happens when men try to protect there honor. ““He tied
He could hardly speak and neither could I .Finally he said, “It was an honor crime. No one could rescue her. No one even tried.” (3). Then the author continues to say that every time she wanted to report this act of violence to the police, that she kept think about the girl and worried she would receive the same fate. But I’m really curious about if some people see honor killings as a man rite of passage, because i=his main focus in life is to have honor amongst his family. If this is true than women have no say and how to live and that we aren’t even people, but possession/property. This really upset me because the girl that was burned alive by her uncle could have grew up to be a president or someone who made a difference. Also, I was more outraged that the police didn’t investigate her death and that the family was told that she died in unfortunate accident. But what
I didn’t even know there was a difference in a type of Muslim women. I definitely didn’t know that women and men in mosque were separated by barriers. I didn’t know that Muslim women were distinguished by region and ethnicity, and that each one had a different type of culture. So far, I like watching and learning about the “Muslim Women in Minang” and how they show not just Muslim women, but women can excel in higher positions of power. Also, in “My sister made of light”, I find it to be a easy read, and very interesting. Ujala story so far is so sad but also so interesting, I was rooting for her to help rescue the girl on the train she met in an abusive relationship. But I was scared that she would get caught and be stoned to death. Only the media was my first hand view on what’s was going on in the Muslim community and nothing was ever positive. Still today, I have yet to hear about the positive influence Islam has had in America. Other than Islamic classes I take in college or from Muslims informing me. But what I have heard is about ISIS and what the American people should do to fix the problem of this group of terrorist. I also heard about the Taliban, and how that it’s another hate group full of Muslims that are terrorist. Also, how Muslims men treat there women like “shit”, and that’s every woman is living oppressed. But that’s not true at all, in the documentary “Muslim women in Minang”, were