Since our group has decided that the "they" to whom we wish to address in our question is people of Islamic faith, we must gain an understanding of their culture and beliefs. This understanding will serve two purposes. First, we can ask better, more in depth questions. Secondly, it will set us apart from the typical "us" - the American who can't tell his Shiite from his Sunii.
Watch this video! On our two-day journey, we will be visiting the Boston University Islamic Society. This is something they put together to spread knowledge of their faith.
Thirsty for more? Check out http://www.cair.com
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Why are terrorist attacks beneficial to Middle Easterners?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw4irdF9A2k
This is an example of a terrorist attack in Scotland
How has the war affected the United States' relationship whith countries in the middle east?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkk6t477YEE
This is a video on the relationship between the U.S an the middle east
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10714-2004Jun27.html
Does the Forigen polices and the United states taking there oil conlfict with why the war started and why they hate us?
What is the difference between women's rights in the United States and women's rights in Islamic Nations?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oAoAUKT2Mkw
how is to be a Muslim student in U.S?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TGJD_JNzq0
Muslim student in jail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQKyoQXgUps
one American student commenting about Muslim students
Why would you use CAIR as your source for explaining Islam? That organization has only 1,700 members, yet it claims to represent the 2.5 to 4 million Muslims in America. It's a spin-off organization from Hamas, and something like five of its directors and leaders have been either deported or imprisoned. That's quite a record. Their funding comes largely from the UAE and Saudi Arabia, two countries famous for funding the spread of a fundamentalist and militant Islamism around the world. I would no more use CAIR's propaganda to learn about Islam than I'd use Aryan Nationalists material to explain Christianity.
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/394
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=266541652591574
Try these websites to learn about how Muslims view their faith:
http://www.aifdemocracy.org/
http://www.freemuslims.org/
http://www.monaeltahawy.com/
http://www.themuslimwoman.org/
The Muslim world is far more diverse than anything you'll get from reading CAIR's material, which represents a fundamentalist Saudi-style Islam.
Thanks Kelly - great links.
It will be important for this group to gather many points of view!
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