Reading the assigned Surahs for class was the first time that I have read a religious text that is not the Bible. I know that may seem bad, or closed-minded, but I have always gone to Christian schools, and even though we learned about other religions including Islam, we never read their religious texts. I …
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Qur’an Reading 10/29
This was my first time ever reading parts of the Qur’an, and immediately I picked up one some similarities to the Bible and some points I found interesting. I like to focus on the last few chapters we were assigned to read, which are shorter, yet easier to dive into to truly uncover the meaning …
Readings for 10/24
I liked that Professor McGrath was able to align chapter two of No god but God and the pages from the reader because they told the same stories about Muhammad with slightly different wording so we could really understand what was going on. Those stories including when Muhammad “cut open” and snow was put inside …
Omar Offendum on Music and Culture
Last Thursday, I attended the School of Music Convocation with Omar Offendum. The SoM Convo is a weekly meeting for every undergraduate music major at Butler, and we have a wide variety of topics, from different guest speakers to audition tips to music networking opportunities and lots of random things in between. Some of these …
The Qur’an
The Qur’an is the religious and cultural text behind the Islamic faith. When we began reading this for class it took me back to many discussions I’ve had in the past about the religion because for some reason it has been a polarizing political topic for some time. I feel that sometimes the Islamic faith …
10/29 reading
Allah is who they worship and turn to for help. Jesus is mentioned in the Quran and the word “infidels” is mentioned. What is an infidel? God’s love is mentioned and is said to be given to those who place their trust in him. They believe in Hell and the Day of Reckoning is being …
My main man Reza Aslan (Oct 24 Class)
When I was buying the books for this class back in August, I was delighted to see that we were reading a book by Aslan. Two years ago, I took one of the special topics religion classes, and that semester it happened to be about religion and politics, so we read one of Aslan’s other …
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Death
I saw that another classmate already posted about this incident, but it popped up on my phone as a news alert and was very interesting to read bout. In a Washington Post article from today, October 27th, it states that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State commander, was caught by an American Special Ops team …
Trump’s Comments on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Death
Earlier today, it was announced that one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a US military raid in Syria. Of course, this is a huge deal, not only for us as Americans, but for those affected in the Middle East as well. Because of the fact that …
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ICR: Visit to IMA 10/17
On the 17th of October, a few classmates and I journeyed to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to see some of the exhibits that expressed Asian culture and art as well as art from the related time period. I had never been to the IMA before and it was extremely fascinating. The garden area was …