drunk and decided to drive to the mosque. His friend vandalized the mosque, drawing swastikas and curses on the mosque.
drunk and decided to drive to the mosque. His friend vandalized the mosque, drawing swastikas and curses on the mosque.
In her book The Butterfly Mosque, Willow Wilson aims to convey her own experience of the Muslim culture. Because her family was not religious and she converted to Islam willingly in her adulthood, she is able to present both internal and external sides of this religion. This work is not a propaganda, for Wilson mentions both positive and negative facets of her conversion as she describes her early attempts to harmonize Western and Eastern norms in her personal worldview.…
A touching story about a Isaiah, a kid who is coping with the death of his father. It also tackles poverty and hope.…
Scranton, Pennsylvania has a very diverse population full of many different ethnic cultures. There are a variety of sites around the Scranton area that are particularly important to certain ethnic groups, the Campus Mosque at the University of Scranton being one of them. This location holds a high importance to the ever-growing Muslim population of Scranton.…
The book, Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, correlates a strong connection to me, because of the struggles and experiences Zeitoun faces after the destruction of hurricane Katrina. This book, dives into many different aspects of culture, race, religion, and the average citizen, but what makes this book so intriguing, is how people were treated because of those things. It gets us thinking, that America isn’t this perfect society that we think of it to be. And we have so much more things to improve. I personally have some experiences with flaws of the government. It makes me enraged, and yet sad, that our government could act this way, in the time of need. This book takes us through the journey of a Muslim American surviving through hurricane Katrina,…
Hassan uses his letters to Amir, who is now in America, to tell him how Afghanistan has changed. The streets of Afghanistan are being terrorized, but he only thinks to worry about those around him. “The streets are full enough already of hungry orphans and every day I thank Allah that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son will not be an orphan.” He also dreams that Amir will come back to him, free of guilt. “ And I dream that someday you will return to Kabul to revisit the land of our childhood. If you do, you will find an old faithful friend waiting for you.” His journey just proves to us again and again how wonderful a person Hassan truly is and how possible, but rare, it is for true integrity to exist in those who have the patience and tolerance to let it be…
One issue that has stood out to me is how the Afghans were living in Greece. This reminded me of the stories my parents and aunts and uncles have told me about coming to Canada. They have gone through similar issues about money and housing. My uncle and his family had to hitchhike and walk from Iraq to Iran. When they got too tired of walking, my uncle dug a hole big enough for them all to fit and put a tarp over them so his kids wouldn’t get cold. My aunt and my grandma took a boat to Italy where they had to stay for 5 years before coming to Canada. They worked odd jobs and had to live in a crack house for a few months before they had to enough to rent an apartment. Like Saleem, they made good friends and learned how things worked. They both…
With some connections to the idea of struggle and survival, we can use The Inheritance of Exile by Susan Muaddi Darraj and A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines to show that a home may not always be a safe and secure place. Both stories represent the importance of a rooted home with the exceptions to the difficulties within that home. We will see the struggles behind the immigrant Palestinian women now living in America as they share their personal stories with their daughters, of living in refugee camps. As for the old men gathered at a Louisiana sugarcane plantation known as Marshalls. They await Fix Boutan’s arrival for the murder of his son Beau Boutan. They will share their personal and collective…
I attended the evening services of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston Mosque on Friday, February 27. As I drove up to the building, I noticed that it was gated and there were quite a few trespassing signs. On one particular gate, I noticed that there was a sign written in Arabic. The parking lot of the building was extremely small as was the building itself. I noticed that within the parking lot there were numerous cabs. The color of the mosque was beige. While the mosque was only a one-story building, it contained five pillars. On each pillar was a moon crescent similar to the moon crescent found on the Pakistani flag. The windows of the building were gated similar to the entrances and the parking lot of the building. There was only one main building where the services were held unlike the layout of other religious sites, such as the Broadway Baptist Church and synagogue I visited, which had separate buildings for religious education. Since the main entrance had a large gate, which was closed, I entered through the side entrance of the building.…
My ultimate conclusion to the article is that the problem is not so much the Muslim belief. But just like anything, you have you good and bad. I know a few friends who follow Muslim religion and I proud to call them my friend. With that being said, I have been in the United States Marine Corps for the past 17 years and having two deployments to Iraq, I have had the unfortunate opportunely to run in the not so good people who follow the Muslim religion. And with the terrorist showing…
Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. One of his most famous stories was the mosque of the red death. The story was a major success to amongst the time in which was published in 1842. Today, it doesn’t have the same intensity it once might’ve had. We interpret things a lot differently today than we used to in the past. Poe’s story it was about a definitely play the sweeps the city. Someone who might’ve read this in 1842, could relate to having to stay away from people and stay indoors due to outbreaks of sickness and plagues. In today’s society we have a cure for nearly every disease. Plagues don’t strike anymore so we cannot determine the severity of the situation as it was back then. Also in the story…
Hi, My name is Maritza Garcia and I love spending time with my friends and family. Even though I barely go out because of work. I love animals and food so much but as well helping others. My future plans would be traveling around the world helping out families in needs. But I am still undecided on what to major in. Also but not last I want to thank God each and every day for this air I breathe. I hope one day when I do something out of my life that my parents are proud of me.…
I have been a member of the Catholic Church my entire life. Although I have often taken time to reflect on my faith, never once have I made an attempt to explore a religion aside from my own. Recently, I stepped outside of my comfort zone and was fortunate enough to visit a mosque. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam, or one who is Muslim. There are a multitude of services I could have visited to experience a new religion, each with their own identity. The reason I ultimately chose to visit a mosque is because Muslims believe all life begins and ends with God, as do I. However, unlike Catholics, the Islamic religion does not believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, nor that he was crucified on the cross. My goal was to gain a better understanding of the beliefs Catholics and Muslims share, how they differ, and why. The experience was refreshing, and I feel as though I left the mosque with solid answers to my questions, and a new outlook on my own faith.…
Shrines are holy places where Muslims go to worship. Some famous ones are the Kaaba and The Dome of the Rock. There are many mosques and shrines. There are more than thirty-four shrines and mosques the buildings have been preserved for a long time. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and many other countries are locations of these shrines. Three known shrines/mosques are the Hira where Muhammad received a revelation from God. Quba mosque is the oldest mosque. The construction was started by Muhammad. It was rebuilt in 1986. Masjid al-Haram is the largest mosque today. It was established in 638 A.D.and it surrounds the Kaaba.THere are two very important shrines in Islamic culture. The Kaaba and the Dome of the Rock, like said before. The reason these two Islamic…
In the center of Utrecht, nearly visible from the central train station, stands the biggest mosque of the Netherlands: the Ulu Mosque. Due to its central location, around 400.000 people see it every day and with this in mind, a lot of attention has been paid to how the outside of the building, which is almost entirely brick, looks. This use of brick had a purpose, many Dutch mosques use brick in their design in order to have the building look more “Dutch”. This in the hope that they would be more accepted by the non-Muslim community. (Tamimi Arab, 2015: 150) However these non-Muslims are not the main users of the mosque and to the users the interior design of the mosque is of greater importance. In his article, Tamimi Arab stresses the importance of a feeling of spirituality in regards to the light-azan. (Tamimi Arab, 2015: 158) In this essay I will look at the aesthetic of the prayer room and how this same spirituality Tamimi Arab mentions,…
This Article is one that shares on the topic of how many people are uneducated in Religion weather it be theirs or someone else’s. Moore says “Religious literacy entails the ability to discern and analyze the fundamental intersections of religion and social/political/cultural life through multiple lenses” therefor I agree with her statement there is a lot more to other Religions than meets the eye, which many people are not willing to learn which leads to prejudice and racism due to lack of knowledge.…