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how much do we really know about the 'other side' ?
if you mean by the other side 'muslims or arab world'. i think here in the United states this is a lack of knowledge with the arab world and Islam. There is a lot of detailed accepts in Islam and arab world.
this video shows how really Islam is a welcoming religion. We learned when we were young to respect all religions and all beliefs even if deep inside they might sound not logical. people have their own beliefs own ideas where no one can show disrespect to them. due to the problems between the arab world and Israel hatred might cover the hearts of people. yet, lebanon showed us the beautiful part of islam. a welcoming and peace religion with building a worship house for jews. I totally respect this and believe that there is a lot about arabs that still western people don't know.
Well I guess the title is meant for Americans but whatever.I think this is a great video because it
shows a part of islam that is not known by many in the United States. I don't want to sound like I
prove what hezbullah is doing because I don't but that quote kinda shows a certain side of Islam.
Which is basically it accepts and respects all divine religions. Islam also sees Jesus as word of God.
In turkish when we are mentioning a prophet we use the title Hazret-i which roughly translates
to excellency and we use it when we're talking about people that are seen as holy people. I think we talked about this in SOC 119 class last year too and many people didn't seem to know this. Like nouf said
I also was taught that to respect others religions and their place of worship. In today's conversation
I mentioned that we had many synagogues back in my hometown and some people found it interesting and I was just checking online and I saw that there is 7 active synagogues in izmir and 3 more that is under restoration and also 10 catholic churces plus 2 aglican churces and 1 orthodox churces, to be honest this even fascinates me.(by the way the city I live in is not a small city it has a population of 3 to 4 million). Like I said this is just one side of Islam and are there parts in The Koran that has antichristian or antijewish the answer is yes but when you come to think abot it there are parts in the bible that has antijewish quotes in it too, but like robert wright says in his article 'The Meaning of Koran' the regrettable parts of any religious scripture don't have to matter.
I think that people in the United States need to learn more about the intentions of pure muslims. Islam has nothing to do with terrorism nor racism, and it's a religion just like christianity and Judaism.
What I saw in the video is a great example to show people on the other side which will make them understand what muslims really want, and then maybe someone would wake up and realize that we too want to live in peace, freedom and justice.
I also liked the last part of the video when Hassan Nasrallah showed his respect to the divine religions and he indicated that the problem wasn't with the jewish religion but with Israel's occupation of arab lands. I'm really hoping that people on the other side could get or understand that kind of perspectives and try to differentiate between good and bad and to stop generalizing an idea on all muslims, even if there were problems it doesn't mean it's everybody's fault, it's not just black and white because sometimes there's grey. yes, there was and still till this day some issues between the United states and the the arab world , whether it was from iraq to palestine with it's issues with israel. However, when it comes to religion and beliefs every other issue has to be put aside and we all be welcoming to each other.
How much do we really know about the “other side”?
The video is basically about Lebanon rebuilding an old synagogue in Beirut despite all the hostility with Israel. This was not surprising to me actually because Lebanon is a very open country compared to the other Arab/Middle Eastern countries and for them to make a big move like this shows me that they want to move forward. I was even more shocked at the fact the Lebanese people (Muslims especially) were okay with it and actually showed support. This definitely shows how open-minded and acceptable Lebanese are because in my opinion, peoples’ faiths should be respected especially if it’s one of the big three religions. This is ironic as well because Americans, who are supposed to be more ‘open-minded’ and ‘tolerable’ of others since we live in a ‘free’ and ‘mixed’ country, didn’t want the Islamic Center/mosque to be built in ground zero. The argument many used was how are going to be build a mosque for the same people that crashed our twin towers and that frustrates me very much because of 9/11, they generalize and assume all Muslims are terrorists. Hizb-Allah said that their problem is not with the Jews themselves but the select few that make and enforce the policies. Overall, I was impressed by what Lebanon did and I hope that many countries follow their lead because that’s the only way we are going to move forward and reduce the religious-related conflicts in the world because it really affects a lot of people. Religious-conflicts will always remain in my opinion (it’s inevitable) but we can do a lot to reduce its negative impacts on the planet.
Man the video was intense I was shocked by what I saw in a very weird way. I do appreciate the Lebanese accepting other religions. In my point of view, it's a good step to take in the middle east. To show that once upon a time the divine religions were all in one land. Divine religion in my definition are the three religions that do believe in one God and have similar testaments and all share the same prophets; Christianity, Judaism,Islam. The land of Palestine had that once it's possible. In my opinion, Lebanon is showing that they don't relate religion with politics. I do appreciate greatly.
One the other hand, Hizballa shocked me with his statement. A person known to be a terrorist stated it himself,"I respect all divine religions. HE grew in my eye as we say in Arabic. I was truly surprised I can't express how I feel all by saying I shocked. I shocked because all I've heard hizballa or seen in the news how he is known to be a terrorist. This statement changes a lot of things in my point of view. IT might be an act or what people come to know about why he said such a thing. But for now, I respect it fully because to me it shows that a terrorist can accept other religions it's a step towards humanity.
how much do we really know about the 'other side' ?
if you mean by the other side 'muslims or arab world'. i think here in the United states this is a lack of knowledge with the arab world and Islam. There is a lot of detailed accepts in Islam and arab world.
this video shows how really Islam is a welcoming religion. We learned when we were young to respect all religions and all beliefs even if deep inside they might sound not logical. people have their own beliefs own ideas where no one can show disrespect to them. due to the problems between the arab world and Israel hatred might cover the hearts of people. yet, lebanon showed us the beautiful part of islam. a welcoming and peace religion with building a worship house for jews. I totally respect this and believe that there is a lot about arabs that still western people don't know.
Well I guess the title is meant for Americans but whatever.I think this is a great video because it
shows a part of islam that is not known by many in the United States. I don't want to sound like I
prove what hezbullah is doing because I don't but that quote kinda shows a certain side of Islam.
Which is basically it accepts and respects all divine religions. Islam also sees Jesus as word of God.
In turkish when we are mentioning a prophet we use the title Hazret-i which roughly translates
to excellency and we use it when we're talking about people that are seen as holy people. I think we talked about this in SOC 119 class last year too and many people didn't seem to know this. Like nouf said
I also was taught that to respect others religions and their place of worship. In today's conversation
I mentioned that we had many synagogues back in my hometown and some people found it interesting and I was just checking online and I saw that there is 7 active synagogues in izmir and 3 more that is under restoration and also 10 catholic churces plus 2 aglican churces and 1 orthodox churces, to be honest this even fascinates me.(by the way the city I live in is not a small city it has a population of 3 to 4 million). Like I said this is just one side of Islam and are there parts in The Koran that has antichristian or antijewish the answer is yes but when you come to think abot it there are parts in the bible that has antijewish quotes in it too, but like robert wright says in his article 'The Meaning of Koran' the regrettable parts of any religious scripture don't have to matter.
I think that people in the United States need to learn more about the intentions of pure muslims. Islam has nothing to do with terrorism nor racism, and it's a religion just like christianity and Judaism.
What I saw in the video is a great example to show people on the other side which will make them understand what muslims really want, and then maybe someone would wake up and realize that we too want to live in peace, freedom and justice.
I also liked the last part of the video when Hassan Nasrallah showed his respect to the divine religions and he indicated that the problem wasn't with the jewish religion but with Israel's occupation of arab lands. I'm really hoping that people on the other side could get or understand that kind of perspectives and try to differentiate between good and bad and to stop generalizing an idea on all muslims, even if there were problems it doesn't mean it's everybody's fault, it's not just black and white because sometimes there's grey. yes, there was and still till this day some issues between the United states and the the arab world , whether it was from iraq to palestine with it's issues with israel. However, when it comes to religion and beliefs every other issue has to be put aside and we all be welcoming to each other.
How much do we really know about the “other side”?
The video is basically about Lebanon rebuilding an old synagogue in Beirut despite all the hostility with Israel. This was not surprising to me actually because Lebanon is a very open country compared to the other Arab/Middle Eastern countries and for them to make a big move like this shows me that they want to move forward. I was even more shocked at the fact the Lebanese people (Muslims especially) were okay with it and actually showed support. This definitely shows how open-minded and acceptable Lebanese are because in my opinion, peoples’ faiths should be respected especially if it’s one of the big three religions. This is ironic as well because Americans, who are supposed to be more ‘open-minded’ and ‘tolerable’ of others since we live in a ‘free’ and ‘mixed’ country, didn’t want the Islamic Center/mosque to be built in ground zero. The argument many used was how are going to be build a mosque for the same people that crashed our twin towers and that frustrates me very much because of 9/11, they generalize and assume all Muslims are terrorists. Hizb-Allah said that their problem is not with the Jews themselves but the select few that make and enforce the policies. Overall, I was impressed by what Lebanon did and I hope that many countries follow their lead because that’s the only way we are going to move forward and reduce the religious-related conflicts in the world because it really affects a lot of people. Religious-conflicts will always remain in my opinion (it’s inevitable) but we can do a lot to reduce its negative impacts on the planet.
Man the video was intense I was shocked by what I saw in a very weird way. I do appreciate the Lebanese accepting other religions. In my point of view, it's a good step to take in the middle east. To show that once upon a time the divine religions were all in one land. Divine religion in my definition are the three religions that do believe in one God and have similar testaments and all share the same prophets; Christianity, Judaism,Islam. The land of Palestine had that once it's possible. In my opinion, Lebanon is showing that they don't relate religion with politics. I do appreciate greatly.
One the other hand, Hizballa shocked me with his statement. A person known to be a terrorist stated it himself,"I respect all divine religions. HE grew in my eye as we say in Arabic. I was truly surprised I can't express how I feel all by saying I shocked. I shocked because all I've heard hizballa or seen in the news how he is known to be a terrorist. This statement changes a lot of things in my point of view. IT might be an act or what people come to know about why he said such a thing. But for now, I respect it fully because to me it shows that a terrorist can accept other religions it's a step towards humanity.