Welcome to Dr. Zeiny Islamic Studies Class
Sunday June 2, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in no less than 300 words;
Talking points:
1) Who is the Unit and are we units or pairs
2) Our existence in this words is it (body+soul, body, soul) how about the existence in grave and the day of judgment.
3) Which is more important, the body or the soul.
4) What are the three spiritual vitamins
5) What are the four spiritual viruses
6) What are the spritual medication in the Quran.
Notes:
Sunday May 19, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in no less than 300 words;
Talking points:
1) Explain the statement that "If something has happened and you think someone could come up with a better scenario then .....".
2) Explain the wisdom behind the following:
(3) Is being rich or poor a sign of Allah's love? If not, then what is the sign of Allah's love?
(4) Do we have a choice in the shares of life that we get? Is it pre-assigned?
(5) If the shares of life are pre-assigned, then what is
Notes:
The name of Allah الحكيم The most wise
Sunday May 12, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in no less than 300 words;
Notes:
Knowing Allah through his names
Sunday May 5, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in no less than 300 words;
Notes:
Knowing Allah
Sunday April 28, 2013
Homework:
Answer the following in no less than 300 words;
Notes:
Civil Rights, Boston Event
Fear, Inc.
.
Sunday April 21, 2013
Homework:
Read this article in Wikipedia about Islamic Views on Slavery. Then listen to class and summarize it in no less that 300 words. Use the following talking points;
(1) When Islam came, was slavery already existing or did Islam introduced it to the soceinty?
(2) Islam has introduced a tactic to reduce the number of slaves in a Muslim Society. What was this tactic? Use the example of water tank to explain the tactic.
(3) What are the four possibilities in handling prisoners of war? Rank them in terms of best to worst.
(4) To prisoners of war, slavery is an alternative to prisons. What are the advantages of slavery over prison?
(5) The modern example of handling prisoners of war is in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Compare slavery to Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp Click here to learn about Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp from Wikipedia.
(6) What are the rights of slaves in Islam? Compare them with the rights of African American Slaves.
(7) How does Islam handle Female Prisoners of War? How did the American Society handled female African American slaves? Compare.
(8) The modern example of handling female prisoners of war is what happened in Bosnia, explain what happened. Click here to learn about Rape Camps in Bosnian War from Wikipedia (Systematic Rape by Armed Forces).
(9) Islam elevated the female prisoners of war who are owned by men from being a slave to being a wife. Explain how? What happens if she gets pregnant?
Notes:
Raising doubts about Islam using Stereo types:
Islam allows slavery
Sunday April 7, 2013
Homework:
Listen to class and summarize it in no less that 300 words. Use the following talking points;
(1) Role of women; Islam recognizes that the main role of women is to produce a human being. This is more honorable than the role of man, which is produce a materialistic product such as bridge, building, road, chair, .....etc.
(2) Source of new generation; from healthy family or from outside of marriage
(3) Source of laws; Part of the society are small Gods make laws and the other part are slaves of these laws.
(4) Basis of unity; Is it heavenly or earthly.
(5) Moral values. In particular justice.
Notes:
Raising doubts about Islam using Stereo types:
Islam is not a civilized religion and Muslims are societies are not civilized societies (part 2)
Criteria to judge if the society is civilized or not
(1) Difference between Civilization and Technology.
(2) Role of women; Islam recognizes that the main role of women is to produce a human being. This is more honorable than the role of man, which is produce a materialistic product such as bridge, building, road, chair, .....etc.
(3) Source of new generation; from healthy family or from outside of marriage
(4) Source of laws; Part of the society are small Gods make laws and the other part are slaves of these laws.
(5) Basis of unity; Is it heavenly or earthly.
(6) Moral values. In particular justice.
Sunday March 31, 2013
Homework:
Listen to class and summarize it in no less that 300 words. Use the following talking points;
Notes:
Raising doubts about Islam using Stereo types:
Islam is not a civilized religion and Muslims are societies are not civilized societies (part 1)
(1) Difference between Civilization and Technology.
Sunday March 24, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in 300 words or more by answering the following questions;
Q. The Cow Verse 282 - [Sura : 2, Verse : 282 - 282] states that in debt transactions we must have two men to witness the transaction or one man and two women so that if one of them forgets, the other will remind her. How come one man witnessing is equal to two women wittnessing?
Q. Men are قوامون to women in Surat the Women - [Sura : 4, Verse : 34 - 34] How come men are (wicked translation is superior) superior to women? What is the definition of قوامون?
Q. How come men has the privilege of easy divorce by saying the word of divorce while women have to resort to court?
Q. How come daughters get have the inheritance of sons after each time one of the parents die Surat the Women - [Sura : 4, Verse : 11 - 11]?
Q. How come men can hit women if they commit نشوز Surat the Women - [Sura : 4, Verse : 34 - 34] but not the other way around? What is the definition of نشوز?
Notes:
Raising doubts about Islam - Reply to Stereo Types
Continue answering the claim that Sharia has double standards. Sharia is against women.
Q. The Cow Verse 282 - [Sura : 2, Verse : 282 - 282] states that in debt transactions we must have two men to witness the transaction or one man and two women so that if one of them forgets, the other will remind her. How come one man witnessing is equal to two women witnessing?
Q. Men are قوامون to women in Surat the Women - [Sura : 4, Verse : 34 - 34] How come men are (wicked translation is superior) superior to women? What is the definition of قوامون?
Q. How come men has the privilege of easy divo
rce by saying the word of divorce while women have to resort to court?
Q. How come daughters get have the inheritance of sons after each time one of the parents die Surat the Women - [Sura : 4, Verse : 11 - 11]?
Q. How come men can hit women if they commit نشوز Surat the Women - [Sura : 4, Verse : 34 - 34] but not the other way around? What is the definition of نشوز?
Sunday March 17, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in 300 words or more
Talking points
Natural differences = Different rules. Olympics
Wise and unwise - Hallal and Haram diffrences as related to the issue of more than one wife
The norm and the exception. Prophet Ibrahim story in the bible?
Health factor? Moral factor? Who is the father?
American law allows a man to have one wife and unlimited number of girl friends. It is okay to have a second woman as a girl friend but it is not okay to have her as a wife.
Hurting the rights of women by prohibiting multiple wives. Explain why?
Who is the victim in having more than one wife, the man or the woman?
The story of the Canadian lady who converted to Islam.
...ect. Listen to the class.
Notes:
Raising doubts about Islam - Reply to Stereo Types
Sharia has double standards. Sharia is against women.
Q. How come women have to wear Hijab but men don't?
A.1 What would be the reaction of people to a topless man jogging in the street as compared to a topless woman jogging in the street.
A.2 Review the lesson about Hijab that we talked about beofre.
Q. Why do Sharia generally have double standards in rules between men and women?
Q. How come men can marry up to four wives but women can have only one husband?
Sunday March 3, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in 300 words or more
Talking points
Notes:
Raising doubts about Islam - Reply to Stereo Types
Sunday February 24, 2013
Homework:
Summarize the class in 300 words or more
Talking points
Notes:
Sunday February 10, 2013
Homework:
Write an article of no less than 300 words about Fear Incorporated. Use the follwoing references:
Notes:
Unfinished business from last week is the concept of Fear Incorporated
Defending Islam Against Stereo Types
Raising Doubts about Islam - Sharia (Islamic Law) is Harsh because;
It Cuts the hand of the thief.
Stone to death married men or women who cheat on their spouse.
Gives 100 lashes to men or women who commit fornication and have not been married before.
Cuts the neck of the murder
Gives 80 lashes to the ones who drink alcohol beverages.
Gives death sentence to those who abandon Islam.
Allows slavery.
Answers:
It is less harsh that the National Defense Authorization Act and Guantanamo bay.
Why are you
concerned about how harsh it is. Do you have criminal plans?
Only criminals should worry the most.
حدثني مالك عن
زيد بن أسلم
أن
رجلا اعترف على نفسه بالزنا على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فدعا له رسول
الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بسوط فأتي بسوط مكسور فقال فوق هذا فأتي بسوط جديد لم تقطع
ثمرته فقال دون هذا فأتي بسوط قد ركب به ولان فأمر به رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
فجلد ثم قال
أيها الناس قد آن لكم أن تنتهوا
عن حدود الله من أصاب من هذه القاذورات شيئا فليستتر بستر الله
فإنه من يبدي لنا
صفحته نقم عليه كتاب الله
This is not all, we will continue next week.
Sunday February 3, 2013
Homework:
1) Summarize the class in 300 words or more
2) Reflect on the similarity between the pre-Islamic ignorant pagan Arabs who build gods out of dates and when they get hungry they eat them, and the United States taking back constitutional and civil rights when there is a conflict of interest with these rights..
Notes:
Defending Islam Against Stereo Types
Islam
is Terrorism and Muslims are Terrorists:
1.
About Bin Laden sharing the religion with us:
a.
Same as Hitler sharing the religion of our fellow
Christians
2.
Bin Laden hijacked the name of Islam and he
doesn’t represent Muslims:
a.
Same as
Timothy McVeigh
representing the home grown terrorism
b.
Same as Christian fundamentalists who blew up the
abortion clinics. See the
anti-abortion
violence
c.
Same as the catholic
Irish Republican
Army and Jerry Adams
3.
Bin Laden proves that Muslims are violent
a.
Bin Laden actually proves that Muslims are
peaceful because he represents the exception not the norm. According to
this report from the president of US, the number of Al-Qaeda members left in
Afghanistan is 100. If we assume that Al-Qaeda has 100,000 members left, then
the ratio between normal Muslims and Al-Qaeda Muslims is 100,000 to
1,500,000,000, which is 0.007%, which means that 99.993% of Muslims are main
stream, which means that Muslims are doing really well.
b.
The exception proves the rule to be true not
false because if there is no exception, there will be no rule. In other words,
the existence of exception proves the existence of the rule, which is that main
stream Muslims are not violent in this case.
4.
Many Americans are killed by Muslims:
a.
The number of Muslims killed by Americans far
exceeds the number of American killed by Muslims.
b.
Both sides are wrong, the state sponsored
terrorism and the gang sponsored terrorism.
c.
The British used to refer to the American freedom
fighters as terrorists.
d.
One man terrorist is another man freedom fighter.
5.
Almost all acts of terrorism are done by Muslims
a.
False, see
terrorism
in United States.
The debate didn’t go well. Only two students were very active and making arguments and the remaining students had no interest. Parents should make sure that their children are not ashamed of their religion or misunderstand their religion. Al-Qeda is a political movement that gave Islam a bad name just like Zionism gave Judaism a bad name. Many Jews are saying that Zionism doesn’t represent us like Muslims saying Al-Qaeda doesn’t represent us.
Sunday January 27, 2013
Homework:
Homework is to summarize the class in 300 words or more
Notes:
Defending Islam Against Stereo Types
Islam
Says "Kill the Infidels":
This is cut and paste. Look at the Ayah before, the entire Ayah, and the Ayah after.
The Ayah before (2:190) says: Commands Muslims to fight only the ones who fight them and not to transgress beyond that.
The entire Ayah (2:191) says: Kill them where ever you find them (referring to the ones who fight you) and drive them out of the place they drove you out from before (so they kicked you out of your land, and you should kick them out and take back you land). Then the Ayah states a fact, which is confusing people away from the path of God is worse than death. Then the Ayah instructs the Muslims not to fight them (referring to the ones who fight you) at the Haram Masjid in Mecca unless they start first for this is the fair punishment to the wrong doers.
The Ayah after (2:192) says: If they quit, then Allah is Most forgiving and Most Merciful.
Quran (5:5) permits Muslim men to marry Christian and Jewish women.
Status of Non Muslims who live in Muslim land according to Shariah
The criterion of being an enemy or a friend doesn't depend on religion. It depends on justice.
Wrong coalition. In Islam you don't make teams based on religions
If B is a pretending Muslim but corrupt, then you (A) teamed up with a corrupt pretending Muslim (B) against an honest non Muslim (C). This makes you foolish. B has fooled you by pretending Islam to trick you into fighting honesty.
The right way is to be against corruption regardless of the religion of the corrupt people. When understanding Quran, keep in mind that there were no corrupt Muslims at that time. The Muslims were the Prophet and his companions. Thus, category B didn't exist. This is why the Quran always addresses Muslims as the honest righteous ones.
The following arrangement is true if the Prophet is fighting alone.
Example of Category C at the time of the Prophet was Al-Najashi (Negus). In the following arrangement the Prophet is teaming with allies.
Sunday January 20, 2013
Homework:
Homework is to summarize the class in 300 words or more
Notes:
Defending Islam Against Stereo Types
Women
are oppressed because they can’t be leaders:
1.
Islam doesn’t violate the
rights of Muslim women. Islam recognizes that the job of women in general is
more honorable than the job of men. While the product of a woman is a human
being, the product of a man is commercial products. Motherhood is not an
inferior job, rather it is a much more honorable job.
2.
Western media stereo type
Islam as a religion that oppresses women and doesn’t allow them to be leaders.
This is not true.
Benazir Bhutto is the former
prime minister of Pakistan and
Sheikh
Hasina is the current prime minister of Bangladesh. The prime minster
is the head of the government in both countries. The most civilized nation in
the world today is United States of America. There was never a female president
elected in the history of United States until now. The US media doesn’t
propagate these facts but rather they stress the stereo types. We should learn
facts about one another rather than stereo types.
Hijab
is oppression:
1.
This is what Muslim women
believe is the expectation of God from them. They are free to believe and
practice their beliefs. After Taliban left power in Afghanistan, Muslim women
continue to wear Niqab, which is the most strict version of Hijab.
2.
God expects Muslim women to
cover their feminine features for it is not for public display. This way they
guarantee that they are appreciated for their talent and not for being sexy or
not (having chemistry or not). By having scarves, it is guaranteed that any male
will be interested in them only for descent business. It is very unlikely that a
male who is interested into indecent business will approach a woman with scarf.
In addition, Islam prohibits the use of the feminine features (chemistry) in
business and forbids females from using their feminine features to propagate
unethical temptations.
3.
Consider the following
statements coming from the mouth of a reporter who won an award when their male
coworkers got jealous of her and said that she won the award because she has
chemistry. She got mad and said “Being sexy has nothing to do with winning the
award. I won the award because of my talent, not because of my chemistry”.
3.
If you go to the Vatican,
women are not allowed to meet the Catholic Pope without head covers and decent
cloth.
4.
Mary the mother of Jesus and
church nuns believe in Hijab and they are dressed accordingly.
5.
Beautiful girls who are
almost naked are used to advertise cars and bulldozers. The implied message is
….?
Let us answer the following Question Is Hijab Required in Islam?
Ayah 24:31 States that Allah wants a "Khimar" that is long enough to cover the top chest area. Khimar is a perfectly understandable Arabic language word that means a head cover. The Ayah also mentions the list of relatives, men and children that women don't have to wear Hijab in their presences
Ayah 24:60 States that old ladies beyond the age of marriage don't have to wear Hijab provided that they don't decorate themselves. The Ayah also says that it is better if they keep their Hijab.
Ayah 33:59 States that Allah wants a "Jilbab" that is long enough to cover the legs. Jilbab is a perfectly understandable Arabic language word that means a wide dress that doesn't reveal the body contours and don't show what is under. In other words, not transparent or tight.
January 13, 2013
Homework is to summarize the class in 300 words or more
Notes:
Defending Islam Against Stereo Types
These pictures will show how Muslims made the land they invaded better than their own homeland. As a result people were impressed about Islam, what Islam had to offer them and the way Islam improved their lives. Many of those people became Muslims and others chose to keep their religion. The ones who chose to keep their religion are called "The people whom Allah and his Messenger trusted us with (أهل الذمة، أي ذمة الله ورسولة)
Very Old Churches in Egypt still exist and respected to date
Church of Nativity in Bethlehem where Jesus was born still exist and respected to date in Palestine
Crying Wall for Jews still exist and respected to date in Palestine
January 6, 2013
Homework is to summarize the class in 300 words or more
Notes:
December 16, 2012
Homework is to summarize the class in 300 words or more
Points of discussion
The Plan that the Prophet Prepared for Hijrah
Madinah is north of Makkah but the Prophet started his trip traveling south
He arranged with his cosine Ali R to sleep in his bed at that night to confuse the bad guys and to give back the things that Prophet Mohamed SAW was trusted with.
He arranged with Asma Bint Abo Baker to bring him food and to walk her sheep behind the Prophet to hide his foot steps.
He planned to hide in the cave of Thawr
Mohamed Ibn Aboo Bakr will brings the news. He is 10 years old and he can hang around the bad guys and listen to their conspiracies.
Made arrangements with guide man to guide him in the travel because he traveled in indirect route, which is unknown to people.
Three times the plan failed and Allah saved the Prophet using miracles
The house surrounded by 40 men. If the Prophet exists the house, he will be killed.
The bad guys arrived to the cave of Thawer where the Prophet is hiding.
Soraqa was desperate for the reward so he managed to track the Prophet SAW and find hi
December 9, 2012
Homework is to summarize the class in 300 words or more
Points of discussion
Depending on Allah is it the job of the heart or the job of the brain and muscles
The hadeeth of tying the camel
The people who are sleeping in the Masjid claiming they are depending on Allah
The story of Titanic "Even God can't sink it"
Depend on Allah for Tawfeeq. The meaning of Tawfeeq.
December 2, 2012
Homework is to summarize the class in 200 words or more
Points of discussion
November 18, 2012
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Thinking points
November 11, 2012
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The second meaning of the name of Allah, Al-Salam is the Flawless.
Thinking points
October 21, 2012
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Thinking Points
October 14, 2012
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Notes
October 7, 2012
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Notes
September 30, 2012
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Notes
September 23, 2012
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Notes
Proof that we love to be tested:
September 16, 2012
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