After watching the documentary, I felt as if I really didn’t know much about the Hajj. Prior to the film, I thought anyone could visit and seepartake in this experience but now I know its strictly those who are muslim. Which is something unique followers of Allah can share. As well as, I thought they …
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Documentary (Nov 5)
I found the documentary on the Hajj very interesting. I thought it was fun to kind of get a first-hand view of what the Hajj is like, and I like how straight and to the point the whole thing was. Sometimes, there are hour long documentaries that can be cut down to about 20-30 minutes …
Academic and Personal
I’ve been thinking lately, as we’ve been making our way through the Qur’an, that religion is a really cool thing to study because we can (and kind of have to) view it through both an academic lens and a personal lens. We consider the foundations of a religion—we learn about its origins, sacred texts, significant …
Documentary 11/5/19
After watching the documentary, I realized how much I did not know about the Hajj. At my service site at the Nur-Allah mosque, we spent part of a Sunday school day learning about the Hajj. The teacher explained the basics of it; that it is a pillar of Islam, that all Muslims are supposed to …
Islam in Today’s Culture (The BCR Event)
The BCR tonight, while running behind schedule, was a really interesting conversation –rather than a lecture– regarding the challenges of being Muslim in current culture. It was evident that the speaker, Ustedh Ubaydullah Evans, was witty, educated, well spoken, and stylish, but what he had to say was equally as captivating as how it was …
More Qur’an vs Bible (Oct. 31 Class)
I particularly liked the reading we had to do in preparation for class, because it came from the Qur’an, but we were also given passages from Genesis as a supplement. I knew that there were connections between the two texts, but I never actually took the time to go through and find those connections myself. …
Tonight’s BCR
Today I realized that semantics and attention to detail are perhaps not my strong suit. Or at the very least, maybe I should not read emails in bed while my eyes are half closed. Despite the fact that I am sitting in the classroom alone right now, I was looking to attend the BCR tonight …
A Happy Accident
Today started just like any other normal Tuesday, lift at 6:30 and then Taylor and I headed to class with Pat, but when we opened the classroom door we were surprised to see that the room was empty! The three of us were pretty confused, but after figuring that class was canceled we decided to …
ICR Journal Part 2
On November 4, 2019, a couple other students and myself met with Kwan to learn the lion dance. We met from 12pm to 1pm. We each took turns putting on the lion head costume and practiced the movements. Kwan told us we need to move the lion head up, down, and side to side. He …
Update on Hong Kong Protests
This past weekend was particularly violent in the district of Hong Kong, with protesters continuing to clash against the government and police since June this year. In one incident a man injured four pro democracy protesters with a knife, while in a separate incident a local Democratic Party politician Andrew Chiu had part of his …