Aaron's experience on JUA

Today we visited a mosque in Cambridge which was called the Islamic Society of Boston. We first went to a mosque in Roxbury which is supposed to be the largest one in the north east, but we didn’t get a chance to go in because it was closed. We talked to a lady who worked at the mosque and she gave us a brief history of the Muslim religion. We learned how they pray, how many times a day they pray, the religious clothing they wear, and many other things. She answered a bunch of questions we had about Islam and Muslims, such as what age do the women have to wear the hijab, what kind of food do Muslims eat is it different from what we eat, etc. We also questions got a chance to watch people pray and hear their call to prayer.

The lady who gave us the tour also answered our question of “why do they hate us”. She let us know that the Muslim community does not hate us. It is a political thing and not so much a religious thing. She said that the Muslims that crashed in to the World Trade Centers do not account for the whole population of Muslims.