Thursday, February 4, 2010
Empire of faith and others
It is true that every head is a world and that everyone thinks differently. As I was watching the film Empire of faith I began to think that I would like to visit Mecca one day. It looks beautiful. Islam is not so different from my religion which is Christianity. I liked the fact that the Qur'an remains pure in its original language unlike many religious books that have been translated in many languages and lost their authenticity.Even though I understood the film I did not understand why Muhammad's face was covered in the film. I admire him for being so brave and fighting for his religion. It was very interesting to learn about how the Islamic religion spread. I also liked learning about the Ottoman empire and the Janissaries. I also have been reading The Red Apple and and I have one question: If the Janissaries were not allowed to be the only son of a widow, why was Manuel taken?
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I was wondering the same thing about Manuel. As for Muhammad face being covered,they don't want poeple's understanding of God's to be limiting by a persons face. At lest that is what I got from it.
ReplyDeleteI felt very similar while watching the documentary. I'm certainly no devout Christian, but there's so much history and drive behind religion that the story of Islam, just like Christianity, interests me a lot. It would be pretty interesting to get to see a city like Mecca or Jerusalem simply for the history and faith that goes hand in hand with a place like that. I also agree that it's been interesting to learn about the Ottoman Empire. After six history classes in this school, I realize more and more that the subject content of history in high school was so American and Europe-based that learning about the Middle East was a complete step out of the box, and definitely refreshing.
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