The documentary was really interesting, I have never really looked in to it before because it never sparked my interest. The Journey each Muslim goes on is pretty amazing though and the diversity of people all over the world was a point people rarely bring up of Islam. In class some students discussed their dissatisfaction …
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Call to Prayer
I was in the military from 2010 – 2019 during my time I have been to multiple nations in the Middle East – Afghanistan, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. But my most memorable and life changing tour was in Afghanistan, I was stationed on the outskirts of a city called Mazir E Sharif And though i …
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (Rojava)
I am always on the lookout for Libertarian movements around the world, as I find the people who believe in the decentralization of power and having a government that is purposely handcuffed is a direct ideological challenge to the general world view of the importance of governments. When doing a scan for Libertarian movements in …
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My Dislike for Religion
I actually really like religion, having a belief in something greater, a guidebook for life and having an established moral compass that generally adheres to the culture in which you are born (generally). Religion helps nations establish laws, determine what is good or evil and to some extent helps better design a nation if founded …
Where is it?
In the readings and the class discussion we touched upon the difficulty of identifying the or distinguishing what is considered the Islamic Middle East. There are many factors that seem to make this difficult, historical context, cultural context, and political context. When looking at the historical view of what the Islamic Middle East is I …
Hong Kong
As protests grow in Hong Kong it is becoming harder and harder for China and media outlets to hide the clear anti-communism and pro-democracy battle lines being drawn in China currently. This is this generations Tienanmen square, or it will be shortly, and I worry to some extent this may be the catalyst for U.S. …
We can’t blame History
In today’s class discussion there seemed to be an underlying tone regarding the letter by the man getting ready to divorce his wife. People look at figures in history and judge them by today’s societal norms too often. I’ve always believed it a foolish practice. We cannot look at a person from the past and …
Role of Government
I was intrigued by the debate about the role of government in the lives of the people in Ancient China, I find it interesting how after thousands of years we still haven’t been able to close the debate. If Anything our view of the role of government has been coming even more sharply dividing than …
Wu Zetian
As I read about the role of woman in Han China, and their role in the household according to Confucius teachings. I always laugh and think of just how rebellious of traditionalism in China Wu Zetian was. There seems to be no aspect of Chinese history she does not counter with her tale. She did …
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Are we humans naturally good? Or are we good because we fear punishment if we step out of line? Legalism v Daoism poses a classical ideological debate that still goes unanswered today. Daoism would lead us to believe that all humans are naturally good, that our life is natural and that our actions have responses …