On Sunday, October 27th, one of the most powerful leaders of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an operation by the United States. I first read about the operation in this news article in the Associated Press: https://www.apnews.com/2c2c48e64f934d329c72a7af3dc284b1 The article talks about who al-Baghdadi was, he was one of the most powerful leaders of …
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Al-Qur’an Surah #1
Out the readings in the Qur’an that we had to do for class, I actually was able to read some of the Surah’s in-depth at my ICR site. We deeply analyzed a couple of Surahs with one of the Sunday school teachers. I thought I would share what I learned from her in this blog …
IPS Newcomer- 2
This Friday was my second time at the IPS newcomer program and I was able to experience and learn so much more. I was placed in Mr. S’s science classroom. The students were learning about the solar system and planets. The students in the first class were still in the very beginning stages of learning …
No god but God Reading 10/22 & 10/24
Surprisingly, I have enjoyed reading this book!!! Reason why I’m surprised is because it isn’t anything like The Bridesgroom, which I enjoyed a lot. This book isn’t fictional and gives the history on the origins and evolution on faith as it relates to Islam. So far in the first two chapters I have gotten a …
ICR 10/23/19-IPS Newcomer
Wednesday- I always find the joy of still going because its always something new when I get there. This week the topic for english class is about gender and the stereotypes types put on them. Examples for males was masculine, strong, tall, sports, and not being sensitive to anything/expressing emotions. Examples for females was feminine, …
Islam Traditions
I found this recent video which show a woman’s soccer match and how the other component’s hijab started to fall off, while trying to get the ball from the other team. The opposite team around her ran and formed a tight circle around her to make sure she was hidden and protected while she fixed …
Mike Tyson
When we were talking in class we were talking about how you can’t tell someone’s religious background from just looking at them, this got me thinking of famous athletes that are Muslim! One of the most popular people I found was Mike Tyson! I’m sure all of you have at least heard of him! If …
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 …
Censorship Factories
In class today when we were talking about creating a website, it was mentioned how this assignment could end up helping society. Then censorship in china was brought up, which made me want to do more research about the degree of censorship that is currently going on and how the people in china are trying …
Reading and Class Discussion 10/24
Is Islam more like Christianity or more like Daoism in the sense of important people? We thought Islam was more like Christianity because Muhammad is an important person who started Islam. He is seen as God’s messenger. Islam still holds Allah, Muhammad, Jesus, Abraham as important figures in their religion. Muhammad was an orphan and …