Hey everyone, it's been awhile! I was wondering if anyone watched the show "30 Days" and saw the episode in which a West Virginian Christian lived in an American Muslim community for 30 days. I'd love to hear others' thoughts and reactions. Personally, I was excited to see the episode, but was disappointed when I saw it. The man didn't seem to follow all the rules that he was supposed to, and he still seemed pretty close minded at the end of his stay. However, to some extent I guess it was good that he went and became more accepting, if only a little bit. In love, Diana
Hello and welcome back! Even though it is said that dialouges breaks sterotypes , people will keep having them. Understanding each other does not have to mean that one agrees with the other as its said: If two people always have the same views you only need one of them.
That reminds me of a moment in the show when the man did an interview at a local radio station to have a dialogue about his experience and answer caller's questions. However, though the man attempted to defend the religion to some extent, when people called they were mostly asking if he had seen any terrorist activity rather than trying to understand Islam better. I do think that the show was much more interesting than it would have been had an uber open-minded person gone and just went with the flow of the entire experience. That wouldn't have represented the average American, especially since as was seen in the program, most people have extreme fears and assumptions about Islam. (But I guess I was secretly rooting for him to finally pray with the other men at the end of the show rather than standing there most of the time.) Anyway, on another note, I did enjoy a lot of the show, especially how he picked up Arabic fairly quickly and began saying friendly phrases to everyone. What I liked the most was the wife of the man he was staying with, who showed that she was independent, and didn't live in a sexist community. In Love, Diana P.S. How is Syria?
Its wonderful. For once Ive got the oppertunity to leave the gross secularism Ive been surrounded of(though theres really no big difference here, its just poorer really). I really love the fact that I can hear the call to prayer while walking in the streets, and the thought of praying next to so many people from different parts in the world, I truly love it. Who knows, I might get you something... that is ofcourse.. if my memory doesnt fail me here(shipping prolly takes some time though). ^^
