Log—Feb. 2—6
This journey in which we are about to embark will be enriching to me personally. As a minister it is relevant and important to see Islam with a different perspective. The book start by saying that we need to see this particular set of believes with a different set of lenses. We cannot see Islam with the same point of view we’ve always seen them with. Our own believes, mind sets and even culture will only get in the way of looking at them with the eyes that God would want us to see them.
In my readings I found myself expanding on things I knew about Islam. The founder was Muhammad, who it’s said about him through one of his wife’s collection of traditions about his supernatural experience with an angel called Gabriel. This collection is called the Hadith, in this text; it’s described the encounter with this Supreme Being, who told him to read, to what he replied: “I don’t know how to read.” Furthermore, on page 12 we find the year he was born, 570 AD. His parents called him Muhammad, which in their language means (praise). This little child and those who named him would not be alive when …show more content…
Experts say that from the way we heal the sick, to the numerous we use for counting, all has derived from the Islamic civilization. Perhaps, this is why the Islamic civilization grew and expanded the way it did throughout the world, not by force like some say, but by bringing new technologies and understanding to the Bedouins. He brought new technologies and also a new belief, a new religion with one God. His religion strategies mixed in with his politic were convincing. When the Bedouins, who were tired of imposed ruling and the numerous gods and rituals heard of the new religion and the one god, they were overtaking and did not hesitate to follow
This journey in which we are about to embark will be enriching to me personally. As a minister it is relevant and important to see Islam with a different perspective. The book start by saying that we need to see this particular set of believes with a different set of lenses. We cannot see Islam with the same point of view we’ve always seen them with. Our own believes, mind sets and even culture will only get in the way of looking at them with the eyes that God would want us to see them.
In my readings I found myself expanding on things I knew about Islam. The founder was Muhammad, who it’s said about him through one of his wife’s collection of traditions about his supernatural experience with an angel called Gabriel. This collection is called the Hadith, in this text; it’s described the encounter with this Supreme Being, who told him to read, to what he replied: “I don’t know how to read.” Furthermore, on page 12 we find the year he was born, 570 AD. His parents called him Muhammad, which in their language means (praise). This little child and those who named him would not be alive when …show more content…
Experts say that from the way we heal the sick, to the numerous we use for counting, all has derived from the Islamic civilization. Perhaps, this is why the Islamic civilization grew and expanded the way it did throughout the world, not by force like some say, but by bringing new technologies and understanding to the Bedouins. He brought new technologies and also a new belief, a new religion with one God. His religion strategies mixed in with his politic were convincing. When the Bedouins, who were tired of imposed ruling and the numerous gods and rituals heard of the new religion and the one god, they were overtaking and did not hesitate to follow