GHS208-05 Fall 2019 China and the Islamic Middle East
Global and Historical Studies at Butler University
I am so thankful that I was placed at Nur-Allah for my Indianapolis Community Requirement. I was a little bit hesitant my first time going to the Mosque for the service. But, I was met with nothing but open-arms and kindness. Also, I am not the best with kids because I have never really been …
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On Sunday, December 8th, Anna, Lauren, and I volunteered at the Nur-Allah Mosque for the last time. On this day of service, we arrived and then wrote the mosque basically a “Thank You” letter and we talked about everything that we learned and our experience working at the mosque. After that, we all made a …
One thing that I have perpetually noticed while volunteering at Nur-Allah mosque is the levels of security that the people of the mosque entail in order to make sure that all of the people of the mosque are safe while attending service. The mosque has a security guard every time that people are in the …
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I think following current events is a crucial aspect of understanding the world and being aware of what is going on to different people from all over the world. Recently, Iran, a state that is majority Muslim has had massive protests. These protests began in protest of the government raising the price of gasoline and …
While watching the documentary “Not Without My Veil: Amongst the women of Oman” there was the segment that was an excerpt from the Qur’an about marriage, in which Muahammed stated to have multiple wives. Then, later in the documentary, it said that Muhammed refuted what he said about having multiple wives and said that men …
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 …
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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While studying the Qur’an at Sunday school for my service, we actually studied and read from an Arabic Qur’an. We were given the book and then were instructed to open to a certain Surah. The Arabic language is read from back to forward. It took me a good five minutes to try and figure out …
For this weeks’ service at Nur-Allah, I assisted in helping the lesson on why Islam is their religion. There was only one student today so there was not a lot of assisting to do, but instead, I just listened and learned from the Sunday school teacher. The lesson began with listening to a speech from …
Being a Political Science and International Studies major, I have studied democracy in multiple countries across the globe. I found chapter 10 in “No God but God” about democracy and Islam to be quite interesting. When Iran was adapting to a new democratic government, I find it quite interesting that they decided to do one …