Community Service Research Paper

On April 15th I had the great pleasure of experiencing a service at a Mosque with Sarah. Upon first arrival the building seemed much like any other place of worship I have seen. The difference is that I actually went in and before I did go in, I had to do something I have never done before. I have always thought that the head coverings that most woman wear were really cool. Wearing one was actually fun, even if a little difficult since I seemed to have forgotten a hairband. Going in there was no signs or anyone around so it took a bit to figure out where we needed to go. Fortunately, there was a man that came and showed us the way. As we were leaving him he said that his wife would soon be coming and that she didn’t really have an accent and …show more content…
I actually started to understand why people have a religion. It’s like a community of people and they are all so close, their religion unites them in a way that I’ve never really gotten to experience. The service was much shorter than I expected, but it was still my favorite service of any religion. At the end we got to ask two women about the faith. One was a younger wife and her children and the other was an old woman. They answered many of our questions. They told us that the person leading the service stood higher than the others, on an altar of some sort, because that is what Muhammed did. We asked when girls start to wear the hijab and we got slightly different answers from the two women. They both agreed that it usually starts at puberty, the younger woman said that it was up to the girl if she wanted to wear one though. The older woman did not agree, she said that it is needed and the young girls had to be modest. The difference was slightly amusing and reminded me of how older people often have very different expectations than younger generations. We thanked them for letting us come and left. It was so much fun and I would like to do it again, perhaps at different Mosques to see the differences in each of