Mosque

It is believed that nobody knowingly chooses evil. A great example is the great tragedy oedipus rex. It is fated that Oedipus will kill his father and mary his mother, so his father gets rid of his son (banishing). One day he ends up in a battle and kills his father unknowingly, (his father is a stranger) and later marries his mother. In those moments he did not choose to do evil, he believed he was doing the right thing but was ignorant to the world. Sartre states that existence comes first,…

Who is Boko Haram? Boko Haram is a progressive Islamic sect. The violent Nigerian Movement, led by Abubakar Shekau, is estimated to have fighters in the numbers of hundreds to low thousands (Blanchard 143-147). More importantly than who Boko Haram is, who is affected by this dangerous extremist group? “More than 4,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram-related violence. U.N. and Nigerian officials report that more than six million Nigerians have been affected and more than 300,000 have been…

Research Question: What motivated Malcolm X’s acceptance of true Islam and how did this change his beliefs about the American civil rights movement? The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley Value This document is co-written by Malcolm X making it a primary source. It is also written by Alex Haley, an African American journalist who ghostwrote Malcolm’s autobiography based on more than 50 in depth interviews with Malcolm. The purpose of this document is to detail Malcolm’s…

Christianity first became an Asian religion, and prominent in Israel and Syria. Christianity then gradually progressed to become an African and European religion. There is no evident material culture of the Christian religion before 180 AD, and it was very common for early churches to be set in private dwellings, which included homes of the wealthy. The term Islam means “submission,” while followers of Islam are called Muslims which is translated to “one who has submitted.” Islam was very…

Throughout the novel Candide Voltaire employs satire as a method of criticizing organized religion and to mock and dispel the popular philosophical thoughts of the time. As Candide traveled across the world in search for his true love, he meets characters that have different religions and belong to different philosophical systems of thoughts. The religious characters are hypocritical and commit detestable sins ranging from sexual brutality to greed and theft and are the most intolerant…

As I stepped through the door into the foyer of the Islamic Foundation, I was struck first by how incredibly out of place I felt. I had arrived in time for the afternoon prayer, the Asr, and found myself surrounded by the hustle of those finding a place to sit and wait for the service to begin. Unsure of where I needed to be, I inquired and was directed to the back of the prayer room to sit and observe the proceedings. As both members of the community and fellow classmates began to take their…

Values In this standard, it is about “recognizing how personal and professional values may conflict” (Lum, 2011, p.28). I am not a religious person. However, I know when I need to put my beliefs aside in order to respect religions. When visiting a mosque, I was required to wear a headscarf. Personally, I do not think a headscarf will do anything for me but I was entering a space where this was expected. This experience shows appropriate behavior in a cultural setting. Standard 2: Self-…

In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may never know when you may not have that chance again. I remember when I was 8 years old I took my brother downstairs to watch television with me. I specifically remember him acting differently and not normal. Something did not feel right so I called my parents. My parents came downstairs and took his temperature, he had a fever. My parents decided to take him to the hospital. The doctor decided…

their day to day lives Muslims (mainly living in the US) are constantly faced with the challenge of defending their religion and themselves against the messages that the media is sending out to people, they also face challenges such as attacks on mosques, public harassment and much more. They are feeling like they must prove themselves against these stereotypes in order to prove to society that Islam is religion of peace. Despite this the negative attitude towards muslims has still increased…

Muslims also pray outside the mosque or in the mosque's courtyard. Similarly, at funerals Catholics have prayers they like to recite such as the Our Father and Muslims have their phrases and verses from the Qur'an that they like to recite. Through these examples we can see how these two faiths a similar. There is also many differences between the two funerals. Catholics usually have a funeral mass and pray inside the church whereas Muslims must not pray inside the mosque, instead they pray…