On the night of November 7, I attended the Parent\u2019s Banquet for the Nur Allah Islamic Center.\u00a0 I helped with a few tasks that night.\u00a0 At the beginning of the night, I helped seat guests when they came in.\u00a0 I was able to meet a few of the members of the Islamic Center that I have not met from the weekend school.\u00a0 I was also able to be meet the two guest speakers.\u00a0 During the banquet I helped serve food and other tasks they asked me to do.<\/p>\n
The banquet was a way to honor parents of Nut Allah.\u00a0 There were two honorees for the parent of the year award.\u00a0 The Nur Allah Islamic Center has a close relationship with the Catholic organization, Focolare Movement.\u00a0 The first awardees were a couple from this group.\u00a0 The other awardee\u00a0 was a member of Nur Allah.\u00a0 There were two other awards given that night. The second award was Pioneer of the Year.\u00a0 This person was awarded for there work and service in the Nur Allah community.\u00a0 The final awardee was given as a justice award.\u00a0 This year the award was given to Najah Aqeel who fought for her right to wear her hijab during a high school volley ball game.\u00a0 Because of her actions, the rules were amended to allow religious headwear.\u00a0 She was also given an award by Congressman Andre Carson.\u00a0 After the award presentation, the two guest speakers spoke.\u00a0 Imam Ali Aqeel from Nashville and Rev. Danny Q. Davis from the Christians United Church in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
The major themes of the night were parents and their importance in the community and the importance of people of different faiths working together.\u00a0 I learned about more about poorer minorities and the struggles they have in their families and the rest of the community.\u00a0 The two keynote speakers argued that parents and religious beliefs are very important for these communities to improve their standing.\u00a0 I felt the speakers made some good points.\u00a0 They spoke of the importance of different people working together and setting aside their beliefs.\u00a0 I felt that this is very important, especially today.\u00a0 I was reminded of readings from the Islam and China units and the readings about families and their values.<\/p>\n
I think this experience helped me empathize with minorities and some of the discrimination they felt.\u00a0 Most speakers told some sort of story about discrimination, I found it very helpful to hear these stories first hand.\u00a0 Reading in classes or the news about discrimination only helps so much.\u00a0 Listening to people I have gotten to know tell stories was very helpful.\u00a0 In addition the high school student fighting the religious discrimination, one other story stood out.\u00a0 Rev. Davis talked about his grandparents being threatened for wearing their army uniforms after the Korean War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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