I took the South Shore Line into Chicago over break, and took Reza Aslan’s book to read on the ride. With the title “No god but God” and the Kaaba in Mecca emblazoned on the cover, it’s pretty clear that it’s about Islam with one quick glance. As soon as I got on the train …
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Cultural Differences Surrounding Marriage (November 19 Class)
I always knew that there were many cultural differences between America and other places when it came to marriage. We even saw it in the China unit when we learned about arranged marriages and how the women oftentimes have no say in who they end up marrying. These types of differences were also seen many …
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Checking my own Misconceptions
While watching the documentary “Not Without My Veil; Amongst the Women of Oman” I realized that I have a lot of my own preconceptions about women in the Middle East that practice Islam. Although my preconceptions have changed greatly throughout a project that I did last year about women in the Middle East and in …
IPS Newcomer Week of 11/18
During my time at IPS Newcomer on Wednesday, I decided to go early since I had got out of my class early. I went from 11:30-2pm this time. Even though, its only by 30 minutes of extra time I got to meet students I hadn’t met before. It was still an english course but the …
Cultural Diversity Drum, Song and Dance Interactive Village
On Sunday, November 17, I was able to attend the Diversity Drum, Song, and Dance Interactive Village performance. This program was sponsored by Butler University Center or Citizenship and Community. I really enjoyed attending this event because I enjoyed hearing the different drums and rhythms that were being played and learning about some of the …
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Lucky Lou? No, Lucky You
As a part of the website we hope to construct for this course, my group and I wanted to dedicate a section to Chinese food in Indianapolis. We not only wanted to try it ourselves and experience a little bit more of an authentic culture compared to Panda Express (which is great and I would …
IPS Newcomer – 3
This past Friday at Newcomer was a typical Friday in the science classroom. One of the things that was the most shocking to me was the struggle that students had figuring out how to create a line graph. I always grew up with the perception that math and science were taught universally across the globe. …
Sufism
When we discussed Sufism in class I thought it was an interesting subject. Upon doing further research I realized that I didn’t fully understand the whole idea of Sufism when we went over it in class. I understand the dance and how it had significance within the religion of Islam, but I didn’t get the …
Nur Allah Service 11/17
At the Weekend School on Sunday we had a pretty short class. There was only one student for each group, so instead of doing any real assisting, I got to sit down and learn with our only student. We read Surah 86, “The Night-Visitant” which talks about how to treat non-believers, and how to guide …
The Hajj: Connections from service and Class
While at a service banquet I attended for my service at Nur-Allah, I met a family that consisted of the parents and four grown daughters. The parents of the family were given an award for pioneers of the year, and within their award acceptance, they spoke about the Hajj. They were introducing their daughters, and …
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