DJ 18 years old 10\/5\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I entered class today at around 10 o\u2019clock, I greeted\nmy teacher and started my Fajir prayer. The reason why we pray Fajir prayer at\nthis time is because we can pray later if we ever miss a prayer by the standard\nprayer times. After that, all of us as a class turned towards the US flag with\nour hands on our hearts and recited the pledge of allegiance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, we turned around and recited the Islamic pledge\nof faith. When we were done with that our teacher started his lecture on\nvarious topics about Islam, what\u2019s happening in the news, and just anything in\ngeneral. Our main topic of discussion was about the Islamic holiday of Ashura.\nOur teacher explained what the holiday was about and why it has such a big\nsignificance in Islam, especially among Shia\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some things that I learned about the holiday was that it is\ncelebrated by Shia\u2019s and Sunni\u2019s differently. To Shia\u2019s it is very big holiday\nand it is considered a day of sorrow and sadness. Self-Flagellation is also\ncarried out by Shia\u2019s and it is basically a ceremonial sacrifice. To Sunni\u2019s\nAshura does not have as big as a significance as it does to Shia\u2019s. Sunni\u2019s\nmostly just fast on that day and it is recommended to do so. The reason why\nMuslims commemorate Ashura is because it was the day when Husayn ibn Ali, the\ngrandson of the prophet Muhammad, was killed by Yazid at the battle of Karbala.\nAfter we talked about Ashura, we discussed the news and what\u2019s happening in our\nworld. We talked about the death of Sherriff Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal in Houston\nTexas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason why his death was such a significance was because\nhe was the first Sikh to ever become a police officer and he also wore a\nturban. He was a role model for his community and he helped a lot of people. We\nalso talked about whether or not impeaching Donald Trump is a good thing or a\nbad thing. One person argued it was a bad thing because it is very hard to\nimpeach a president and only two have been impeached so far. After the lecture,\nwe started our testing session on the prayer memorized in both Arabic and\nEnglish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me, I have so far memorized half the prayer in English\nbut I still have a long way to go. The testing session lasted around 15 minutes\nand after that, we had lunch which was pizza. After our lunch, our teacher gave\nanother lecture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During that lecture, I learned various things such as when\nthe Prophet passed away, people initially refused to believe that he died\nbecause they thought that without him, Islam would crumble, but they did not\nknow that even if the prophet has passed away, his message was still alive by\nthe believing people and it was up to them to carry on his message and keep the\nreligion of Islam intact and let it develop and grow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also learned that how only sins against god can be\nforgiven but not sins against humanity. I also learned that defective culture\nis running the original message of Islam and how the message is the same from\nthe time of the prophet, but certain cultural practices and traditions are\nmaking it to hard or extreme. \n\nLastly, some general life advice that I learned\nwas that figuring out who do you want to be and learning what do you want to be\ncan help you find out who you are in life. I also learned that you should\nalways take advantage of the opportunity given in front of you, no matter if\nits school, work, or life in general. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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