{"id":503,"date":"2019-10-29T02:52:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T02:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/?p=503"},"modified":"2019-10-29T02:52:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T02:52:42","slug":"reading-the-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/2019\/10\/29\/reading-the-quran\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the Qur&#8217;an"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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 wanted to ensure that I did not read it wrong, or that I did not misinterpret what I was reading, so I looked into how to read the Qur\u2019an. I found that, like the Bible, many people do not sit down and read it front to back. I found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnreligions.com\/reading-the-quran-2004557\">this website<\/a> recommends that you read the Qur\u2019an with a commentary or complimentary book. I think that having a basic background of knowledge is useful when reading any type of religious text to better understand the religion and their beliefs. The prologue of the Qur\u2019an had a footnote that I found interesting. The note described Allah as the same God as that the Jews and Christians worship. I had never really thought much about if there are different Gods or if everyone worships the same God, even if they have different beliefs. I have always found religion an interesting topic and enjoy learning about different religions. I am excited to learn more during this unit.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/2019\/10\/29\/reading-the-quran\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reading the Qur&#8217;an&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9195837,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9195837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}