Depictions of Muhammad

Racism is one of the most controversial problems in history. Imagine walking through a security line and getting pulled aside to be checked separately because you’re Muslim. Imagine getting shot just because you pulled out your I.D. People of color face problems every single day just because their skin is darker. Maybe you understand. Maybe you don’t. I’m about to tell you one of the greatest lessons you’ll ever learn. You are, who you are. Your skin doesn’t define you. You define you. Racism…

Maryam Yaso The Actual Problem In 2004, the banning of all conspicuous religious signs became an official law in France. The law applied to all types of religions in France, but it targeted mostly Muslims. In particular, Muslim women were targeted for the use of headscarves, which is a piece of fine material worn by Muslim women to cover up their hair; the veil is a cloth that covers the whole body except the eyes. The law was made to ban all types of religious signs, but in reality, it was…

Tenth Parallel are on the brink of a fight as tensions grow over land, food, oil, and water. 3. The author states that “Christianity and Islam share a fifteen-hundred year old history in Africa”. This history, she explains, starts off in 615 when Muhammad sent a total of 83 people, men and women, consisting of his family and his followers, to find refuge in Abyssinia. Around 642, the first Muslim armies…

In “Limiting Democracy: The American Media’s World View, and Ours” written by Glenn Greenwald, Greenwald explains the issues in American media that skew citizens views about the world, beliefs about certain countries, and cultural biases. Greenwald argues that “[Americans] all have an inherent resistance to believing that our own understanding of the political world is … limited.” This is due to the fact that the American media leaves so much out of the public’s eye that we don't think there is…

Peter Morey, 2011, argues that there has been a basic shift in attitudes surrounding cultural difference in the post 9/11, “Age of Terror”. Morey argues The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a hoax narrative that destabilizes the cultural certainties that emerged in trauma narratives in literature following 9/11. “Culture talk” is a theory that essentially boils a culture down to one “essence” that is used to define the entire culture. Morey suggests that The Reluctant Fundamentalist forces readers to…

Malcom X, an American Muslim Minister and rights activist, once said that “You are not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cannot face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.” He is speaking of a term called civil disobedience, the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of the government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is used by influential “rebels” all over the world and throughout history. Many people have different opinions…

mobs, or as hook-nosed, lecherous sadist (p. 5). Historical Context: Muhammad, a trader from Mecca, spent six months in meditation when he received a vision from the Angel Gabriel commanding him to spread the word of God, Allah, in 610 AD. At the age of 40, Muhammad began preaching Islam and began to collect a mass following; however, later Muhammad and his followers began a pilgrimage to the Ka’ba. After the death of Muhammad, the Islamic practices have still continued as rapidly as before. …

This week Ernst takes on the topic of gender and Islam in his chapter “Gender and the Question of Veiling”. I was interested to learn that “hijab” is not defined in the Quran as many assume. Many assume that the “hijab” is just a scarf that covers a Muslim women’s head, but it actually refers to covering. Hijab is a form of covering for the intent of modesty. The hijab is first mentioned to only include the Prophet’s wives and Ernst includes a translation of the following Quranic verse, “When…

cop doesn't mean you're a bad person” (Stack). What Stack said shows how stereotypes made by the media and society have led people to think false information about people of color or people with specific titles. Policemen, often suffer from false depiction from the media, false news reports and disdain from others. It often goes disregarded when a police officer does an act of…

Explain the significance of THE HAJJ for ISLAMIC adherents It is one of the five pillars of Islam, Muslims have to complete the Hajj at least once to fulfill the prophecy that was set for them in the Qur’an. Demonstrate how THE HAJJ expresses the beliefs of ISLAM The Muslims need to complete the Hajj because it is in the Qur’an to complete the Hajj, and is one of the five pillars of Islam, which Muslims are required to follow because it is in their faith and traditions to fully submit to the…