{"id":2,"date":"2019-10-23T04:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T04:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-12-18T01:41:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:41:29","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Project #1: People of The Book Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0ByRYJkKA7MWNOG9FaEx6aks0VHpiSkVFRm5TSU1GQndJOFBr\/view\">People of The Book Movie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before discussing a topic as broad as Islam, it is important to acknowledge the true definition of the word. \u201cIslam\u201d is the Arabic word for submission and a Muslim, who we tend to think of as a follower of the religion Islam, actually means \u201cone who submits\u201d or \u201cone who commits to God.\u201d When \u201cMuslim\u201d is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an, this is the definition that God\u00a0 meant by, as there still was no such thing as a separate religion \u201cIslam\u201d and He considered all monotheistic believers \u201cMuslim.\u201d Because of this, there is a strong emphasis on \u201c\u0627\u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628,\u201d or \u201cfamily of the book,\u201d which groups together all followers of the Abrahamic faiths.<\/p>\n<p>During our lecture about the Prophets (September 24th), we analyzed several different Quranic verses that mention Abraham and Jesus. These quotes all talk about them in a very admiring way and interpretation of the Qur\u2019an stresses that Muslims should look to their Prophets as role models. It is apparent that the Qur\u2019an places high regard for all the Prophets who are seen as different holy figures in the other Abrahamic faiths. The People of the Book are mentioned countless times in the Qur\u2019an and so, I started my video project with the Quranic verse 2:62 that states \u201cThose who believe (in the Qur\u2019an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve\u201d (Yusuf Ali translation).<\/p>\n<p>My video is a compilation of pictures of cities all around the world that have mosques right next to other places of worship. My project is meant to highlight the importance of coexistence in Islamic beliefs and the idea that there is no distinction between the Abrahamic faiths in Allah\u2019s views. From areas such as Beirut, Lebanon, all the way to Uroshevac, Kosovo, the Abrahamic followers have proved unity and coexistence. Globally, we are continuing this trend as there is a planned construction of an \u201cAbrahamic Family House\u201d in Abu Dhabi where all followers can practice their religion in peace and aside their counterparts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People of The Book Movie Before discussing a topic as broad as Islam, it is important to acknowledge the true definition of the word. \u201cIslam\u201d is the Arabic word for submission and a Muslim, who we tend to think of as a follower of the religion Islam, actually means \u201cone who submits\u201d or \u201cone who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9760,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9760"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/skomaiha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}