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In this Sura it talks about God being all knowing, all powerful and holding dominion over the Heavens and Earth. It sites God creating all things in 6 days, as is the same in the Bible. They describe Him as being merciful and kind. It mentions disbelievers of God being companions of Hell-Fire and believers… Continue reading Sura/ Bible Comparison

On October 21st, from 7pm-9pm, I was fortunate enough to attend the showing of the movie “Tyrus” in Robertson Hall. It gave an in-depth look of Tyrus Wong’s life and his impact on the art world. Tyrus was a Chinese-American artist who has worked for Disney, WarnerBrothers, and Hallmark. In attending the event, I was… Continue reading Tyrus Wong American Masters Movie Event

One of the most interesting parts of the reading for me was learning about the backstory of the prophet Muhammad, whom I had never read about in great detail before, including the fact that he was an orphan and first experienced his visions from God during a personal retreat. I also think the parallels between… Continue reading “Muhammad and the Believers’ Movement” Reflection

Muhammad and the Believers’ Movement taught me a lot about the life of Muhammad and how he came to preach God’s word. According to the text, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah was born in west Arabi in a town called Mecca around 570AD. Around 610AD, he received revelations from God by the archangel Gabriel. These visions were… Continue reading Ibn Ishaq Excerpt and “Muhammad and the Believers’ Movement”

During class we talked about how we might notice ourselves as different people in different places. This includes how we act, things we may do, how we might dress, and more. This related to me a lot because I have always felt this way going back and forth between my two parents’ houses. They live… Continue reading Reflection of Class 10/18

An interesting discussion that I would like to delve deeper into was about curiosity and how it is not always a good idea to satiate it. In The Cairo House, Gigi sneaks out of her bed, and she starts to roam around her home, stumbling upon a horrific site – a lamb being slaughtered for… Continue reading Reflection on the Opening Chapters of The Cairo House

Previous to this reading, I knew little about how Muhammad came to be the religious prophet. I now know that it was around 610 when he first began to get revelations from God via the archangel Gabriel. I had previously thought of these messages as merely dreams, but in the reading it said they were… Continue reading Muhammad Religious Origin

On October 18th, we all met Kwan at Global Village to learn about lion dancing. Growing up I had seen it in parades in Chinatown and even at my church when celebrating Chinese New Year, so it was nice to learn some history behind it from Kwan. Lion dancing started in China around 300AD when… Continue reading 10/18 IACA Reflection – Lion Dance

For today’s session, we went to the Global Village to learn about the Lion Dance and look around the center. It first started off with a presentation, by Kwan, about the origins and history of the Lion Dance. It is celebrated in several parts of Asia, not just China, and means different things to everyone.… Continue reading 9/18 ICR Reflection

Yesterday my ICR class got to visit the Global Village over on Lafayette Road. Here we helped Kwan, our instructor unload his car of all the equipment he would later use to represent the history on the Lion. The lion is not found in china, but rather Africa so the natives of china were not… Continue reading Learning the Lion Dance