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The year keeps getting stranger.
For our Islamic Studies LAN class, we were told to do a group assignment. We were give the choices of either performing a short play,song, recite a poem, model (shariah-compliant) clothes or tell stories. Then we were given our topics, with my group's being "Technology And Science Do Not Contradict The Teachings Of The Quran". Try singing that in song.
Of course, as it turns out, we weren't actually asked to sing/act/recite/model about "Technology and Science..." but instead they are two mutually exclusive assignments. So now I have one creative assignment and one , err, something, assignment.
Interesting topic though, "Technology...". Should deal mainly with the 'i'jaz of the Qur'an. How previously undiscovered phenomena and advances were revealed in the Quran more than 1427 years ago. How the Quran became the catalyst for the early muslims (salaf) to study and expand knowledge. I thought of the books "The Quran Leads The Way To Science" by Harun Yahya, and "The Bible, The Quran and Science" by Dr. Maurice Bucaile. Fortunately, both are available in electronic form online ( here and here (pdf, 5 MB)). So save a few ringgit and a few trips to the library there.
However, these two books are far from comprehensive ( with Dr Bucaile's actually a very loong essay) and I fear our research might come up short upon closer reading. Of course, we don't actually have the luxury of time to conduct our own research, nor are we able too. But there should be references that deal with this subject in a more ,well, comprehensive, manner. The question is, is it really necessary for us to produce an essay that has depth and thorough, when we are essentially give only a couple of weeks to accomplish the task?Sigh, I hate projects.
The singing part is still not clear to me. Why must there be singing in a lecture?
In other news, last Saturday's usrah debut was a modest success. A total of 9 people turned up, organizer and facilitator inclusive. Nevertheless, we will carry on with our program and will continue to have our weekly meeting, with this week's being this Saturday after Asar at Masjid al-Huda, Bandar Sunway. We still have some packet drinks leftover from last Saturday.
For our Islamic Studies LAN class, we were told to do a group assignment. We were give the choices of either performing a short play,song, recite a poem, model (shariah-compliant) clothes or tell stories. Then we were given our topics, with my group's being "Technology And Science Do Not Contradict The Teachings Of The Quran". Try singing that in song.
Of course, as it turns out, we weren't actually asked to sing/act/recite/model about "Technology and Science..." but instead they are two mutually exclusive assignments. So now I have one creative assignment and one , err, something, assignment.
Interesting topic though, "Technology...". Should deal mainly with the 'i'jaz of the Qur'an. How previously undiscovered phenomena and advances were revealed in the Quran more than 1427 years ago. How the Quran became the catalyst for the early muslims (salaf) to study and expand knowledge. I thought of the books "The Quran Leads The Way To Science" by Harun Yahya, and "The Bible, The Quran and Science" by Dr. Maurice Bucaile. Fortunately, both are available in electronic form online ( here and here (pdf, 5 MB)). So save a few ringgit and a few trips to the library there.
However, these two books are far from comprehensive ( with Dr Bucaile's actually a very loong essay) and I fear our research might come up short upon closer reading. Of course, we don't actually have the luxury of time to conduct our own research, nor are we able too. But there should be references that deal with this subject in a more ,well, comprehensive, manner. The question is, is it really necessary for us to produce an essay that has depth and thorough, when we are essentially give only a couple of weeks to accomplish the task?Sigh, I hate projects.
The singing part is still not clear to me. Why must there be singing in a lecture?
In other news, last Saturday's usrah debut was a modest success. A total of 9 people turned up, organizer and facilitator inclusive. Nevertheless, we will carry on with our program and will continue to have our weekly meeting, with this week's being this Saturday after Asar at Masjid al-Huda, Bandar Sunway. We still have some packet drinks leftover from last Saturday.
