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I believe that providing the Muslim community with statistics on shortcomings with childrearing and family life may wake them up and lead the parents, adults and leaders to take more preventative and effective actions. So, why doesn’t the Muslim community heed these signs of dysfunction and take a more active role in preventing them? I am not sure of the ultimate answer, but I believe that quality generalizable research may be a key to the puzzle. For instance, explanatory research can provide a…

Taking in its even more recent significance and meaning to Muslim women is the fact that college aged Muslim women in the nineteen seventies were behind the reemergence of the idea of wearing the veil. To these women it represented an idea of desexualizing space. In the act of desexualizing themselves with the wearing of the hijab these women believed that they were actually gaining back power for themselves. If this is how the women themselves viewed the piece of clothing that they choose to…

people are restricted in terms of their dress code, social responsibilities and expectations. Most people agree that with the idea that Muslims should aim to become better individuals and this also applies to the individual in other religions; everyone should aim to better. The Quran is available for all Muslims to read, understand and follow the teachings. Muslims are no doubt the inheritors of vibrant and rich history. However, the strengths, flows and weaknesses of the religion need to be…

On my first visits assignment, I attended a Muslim service. I called ahead of time to see about the dress code and normal clothing was fine as long as it was appropriate and respectful. So Me and Brady, from class, left right after to attended the afternoon service. I went with another member of our class, Brady. The place was not a church or anything it was more of just a building, like a warehouse or club house. The first thing I noticed is that when you first walk in they ask you to take off…

The Guardian, a British news source both on paper and online shares an article that the Muslim Council of Britain has deemed the documentary “My Week as a Muslim” aired on Channel 4 was a prime example of racism and stereotype against the Muslim community rather than the thought-provoking educational piece it was intended to be. Through reading the article and personally watching the 40-minute long documentary, it becomes clear that it sheds clear connection drawn on various theories on…

What does It Mean To Be Muslim In America? A lecture by Dalia Mogahed. “What do you see: A woman of faith? A scholar, a mom, a sister? Or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist?” I understand that people have a point of view of others and i know that people have opinions about me as well for my race and ethnicity. I am reading an article about being Muslim in America that's relates totally about what Dalia Mogahed has to say about how scared she is of being a Muslim because Americans…

The article “What It Means to Be a Muslim Woman in Today's America” by Reem Nasr, explores what it’s like to be Muslim in America at this current age. It shows how women are questioned for their clothing and their religion. The article also informs the reader how people badmouth muslims by grouping them with terrorist even though they have no evidence to back their statements up. At this age, many muslims go through so much work just to integrate with society by working while at the same time…

people like Malala, her cultural identity is a major part of who she is and without it she wouldn’t have accomplished all that she has in life. Regardless of where people emigrate to, their cultural identity should be supported. The stigma surrounding Muslims is that they are all part of the Taliban or ISIS. This creates a high level of cultural intolerance towards those who want to practice Islam or any other religion. This creates ignorance and immigrants…

Dixie: I choose to watch bakery discrimination against Muslims.The video should us a Muslim lady that wanted to make a purchase from the American bakery. The worker denied her the right to purchase from the American bakery. In our textbook on page 243 in the opening paragraph, it says Within each group in significant diversity that can be seen by differences in forms of religious expression, ancestral background, and how recently they arrived in the United States. Both groups have been seen and…

Another organization that has been formed is the Muslims Against Terrorism, or MAT, which was founded in 1998. One of the objectives of MAT is focused on providing Western media outlets with accurate sources of Muslim perspective (Muslims, 2015). MAT states that Islam is intended to be a religion of peace, and those that say otherwise are misrepresenting the Qur’an. To support this view, MAT uses passages from the Qur 'an such as, “And the believers, men and women, are friends one of another.…