GHS208-05 Fall 2019 China and the Islamic Middle East
Global and Historical Studies at Butler University
To complete the ICR portion of this course, I have been assigned to the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans, or the IACA. The IACA was one of hundreds of booths at the International Festival that took place this past weekend at the State Fairgrounds. The first day that I volunteered at the festival was Thursday …
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This past Sunday I was working at my ICR, which is the Nur Allah Islamic Center. They have a weekend school there, which is what I usually help out with. It is very similar to sunday school in the Christian church. At the school they teach about Islam and all the prayers, as well as …
I am not a fan of documentaries, but I didn’t mind watching this one. As I think I have already mentioned before, I really don’t know anything about the religion of Islam. Learning about the Hajj was very interesting. As someone else said in class today, I had no idea that the pilgrimage was as …
In the documentary of the Hajj, something the class and I noticed was it followed a white man. He was not born into the religion and does not represent most of the religion. Did they choose a white man so it would be received better by the western world? The clothing/ robes they wore were …
Learning about the Hajj was very interesting. Prior to watching the documentary, I knew a little bit about the pilgrimage to the Ka Ba but I didn’t know much about what actually happened. The Hajj really teaches the importance of faith and life while stripping away all of the human values of wealth, pride, and …
Reports from the International Humanitarian group have carried information throughout the year 2019. This mainly pertains to civilian lives lost in compared to armed conflict. The article shows that as of November 2019, 335 Yemeni children have lost their lives. An Additional 600 children have been injured due to attacks on civilians. The International Humanitarian …
The other day, Yemen was the victim of an airstrike targeted at civilians. The Houthi group, a Yemen rebel group, was accused of coordinating a drone strike in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to end a war. However, now that the war is considered over, all airstrikes and physical conflicts should have ceased. Unfortunately, Saudi …
Like most items in Islamic culture, I was extremely unfamiliar with the Hajj and ideas that surround it. It was a pretty confusing concept at first, most likely because there is nothing like it in Christianity. I learned that the Hajj is sacred and specific to Muslims which implies that not just anyone can make …
This reading was about the prayer that muslims do everyday. Which I had no idea it was actually that long. I thought on page 197, the first section, “The Call to Prayer,” was all they said repeatedly and then they were done. As well as, I had no idea that the placement of where one’s …
This week at IPS Newcomer, was a very informational week. This is because students were given a presentation on career and educational pathways for them after finishing their core 40 at IPS Newcomer. To my surprise, Newcomer also has a program for those after finishing high school, to help them go to another program that …