Asalamualikum! Shukran. These are one of the few common communicating phrases used in the Islamic discourse community. The Islamic community can be a mosque, a neighborhood, or even a school. In my case I spent four years of my high school years in Regina Huda School and these were the phrases we used every morning to communicate with others. Praying, reading lines from the holy book (Quran), and speaking the language Arabic were on of the few ways we communicated at Huda School in specific classes. Regina Huda School is a discourse community of students all of ages that have discursive practices unique to Islam, yet keeping the adequate and roles of a normal school.
Unlike normal schools this school gained the best of Canadian culture while
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Like normal schools, subjects like science, English, and math were all offered so students could learn how to communicate in different ways. For example, math has a different language that it conveys itself in, all the signs matter in every problem since it directs us what to do next. Islamic Studies was a unique class that only Huda School offered in Regina. Every week for a good hour all the high school students would listen to a teacher lecture us about what Islam means. Since it was an Islamic school this class was essential to fulfill our knowledge. At the end of every lecture the teacher would verbally test us and see what we were weak at. The teacher would communicate with us by directly talking or showing videos to make his points stronger. All students would communicate back by raising their hands and asking questions, or directly asking classmates of anything was unheard. All the questions were asked in Arabic, and if u had troubles speaking it you could get assistance from someone else in …show more content…
Quran is the holy book that Muslims believe in. We respect this book with all our power. In this class, we all sat down on the floor with our books and would memorize our lesson. Every student was then expected to recite their lesson to the teacher and get a grade on it depending on how well they said it. There was absolutely no talking in this class among students, if they had questions to ask they would have to leave the room and ask it to the teacher sitting outside. It is very disrespectful to talk when the Quran is open, so talking was forbidden during this class. At the end of each class the teacher would recite the next lesson so we could practice it at home. There were Quran apps on our phones that were available to help us out if
The schools provided environments for students that made them feel alone and helpless, by completely taking away the students culture, traditions, and native language. The students went into the school with little to no English skills and yet, were expected to speak English and were beaten for speaking anything but English. An article written by BBC stated, “The schools, which operated from the late 19th Century, were designed to assimilate the children into European-Canadian society by removing their language, religion, and culture. Many students recall being beaten for speaking their native language.” (BBC News). This was an extremely unhealthy environment for the students because they were always scared and couldn’t really express themselves having no prior knowledge of the English language. In an interview with artist and former Residential School student Freddy Taylor stated, “When he couldn’t recite the Lord’s Prayer, he was beaten; when he couldn’t spell an English word, he was beaten; when he spoke in his native tongue of Ojibwa, he was beaten” (Eagle). These children were stripped of their identity and were beaten when they tried to recover what was left of it. Even when the children tried to adapt to the European-Canadian culture, if they would make a mistake when learning the English language, they
First of all, according to an Islamic rhetoric, there is only one god who is Allah, and he is the only one who is transcend and absolute. Therefore, it is hard to say that apostles such as Muhammad, Abraham, Moses and Jesus are admired by people because they are one of gods. Abraham, Moses and Jesus are admired by Islamic people because they received a revelation from God and truly obeyed it. To sum up in a word, Islam is a religion that allowed to obey only one god which is Allah, and revealed to people by a prophet named Muhammad.
As put by Jen Waak in regarding the human need for community, “By surrounding yourself with others working toward a similar goal, you’ll get...yourself a bit further than you would have done on your own,” (Waak). By being able to see and participate in these different communities centered around different objectives, the goal becomes easier to achieve and bonds the group into something more through trying to reach it. This new unit is called a discourse community and is defined by John Swales as containing six specific characteristics: having a common goal, showing intercommunication and using lexis, having participation within the group, being defined by genres of texts, and having members with areas of expertise for the community. When looking
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are both independent, Middle Eastern nations located on the Arabian Gulf peninsula. They share the same religion, same ruling style and same ruling religion. They are both Islamic monarchies where Wahhabism—a fundamentalist sect of Islam—is the primary faith among their people and the faith of their ruling families. Their economies follow nearly identical paths, as oil wealth is the primary sector of both of their Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) and largely controlled by the government. Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar are economically oil-driven Wahabist kingdoms; however, Qatar 's lack of reliance on Wahhabism coupled with its acceptance of its own ephemerality has
Discourse communities play a big role in life and how humans interact in general. A discourse community refers to a group of people who have language, life patterns, culture, and communication in common with each other. The idea of a discourse community has also been used to bring people of different orientations together, like family members, students, or committees. All of these types of people might have different standards of living, like their level of income, education, and work abilities. Discourse community can also refer to a speech community, because the main feature of a discourse community is communication. A discourse community can include groups of different regional areas that may or may not share norms and living patterns
According to Porter, “A ‘discourse community’ is a group of individuals bound by a common interest who communicate through approved channels and whose discourse is regulated. A discourse community shares assumptions about what objects are appropriate for examination and discussion, what constitutes ‘evidence’ and ‘validity’ and what formal conventions are followed (38-39).” These five texts collectively constitute a community of discourse through their application of common language norms, characteristics, patterns and rhetorical strategies. All of the authors are writing about corresponding ideas and discussing their identical goals; the prevalence of gender inequality in the legal profession and the unjust consequences derived from it. Similarly,
I fell school is one of discourse community I entered and the experience was based on goals and the values to get a good education. It is very important to have a good education and you learn so much. The genres that are used in school is mostly emails and assignment papers. If we email or write a report about something, we would write it professionally instead of writing it like we are texting our friends. It is important to know professionalism because when you get a job, you might sometimes need to email your boss in a proper way of asking or telling things. It will show your boss and even others around that you are very professional and experienced. It is a good quality to have and at school, you learn all that. Also, another discourse
...heritage and language of all the students. Imagine how it must feel to be in a strange country with little or no knowledge of the language.
differences, it is easy to see each religion as a monolithic entity existing separate from
Major institutions in Timbuktu included mosques (Islamic places of worship) and religious schools. The major subjects taught in schools included religious texts, law, language, and prophetic traditions. Those who completed their studies became qualified to teach others, and by this method citizens acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to live successful, fulfilling lives. Timbuktu also had much success in trade. It “gained control of trade routes leading to Tripoli, Tunis, and Egypt.
Primary care physicians (PCPs) play a vital role in our healthcare system. Yet, recently, there has been a shortage in the supply of PCPs, and the supply is unable to serve the needs of the growing patient population, especially those living in rural areas or under government insurance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Due to the lack of PCP supply and the increasing number of patients, the delivery of care and quality of care have suffered as well. There is a limited interaction between a patient and physician, there is a delay of treatment, and there is a large amount of Medicaid patients who are unable to find PCPs that can accept them. Today, over sixty million Americans rely on Medicaid as their primary source of health care (Bachrach, 2010).
On the board on Monday morning, there were numbers one through five and they each had a religion written next to them. 1 was Hinduism, 2 was Christianity, 3 was Judaism, 4 was Buddhism, and I was lucky enough to get 5: Islam. Oh, I know so much about Islam culture and their religion, are you kidding? I don’t even know where Islam is. I’m just kidding, it’s not a country. There are many differences between Islam and the United states like our religion, clothes, and food, and becoming a Christian or a Muslim, but Islam is the second largest religion in the world, so it’s important to a lot of people. The followers of Islam are called Muslims. Becoming a Muslim is not an easy process. You must do a long list of tasks. After you become a Muslim you must do everything in your power to try to have a good Muslim lifestyle.
I lived in Richmond Hill of New York, attending P.S. 62 Chester Park School. I was supposed to enter second grade, but because of age restrictions, I was registered into first grade. Those were the months where I lost the Arabic touch I carried from Dubai/Sharjah, because I had no way of communicating and holding on to it. Not only that, my parents and I realized the different English taught over in the US than in the Dubai/Sharjah. Today, the teaching styles may have changed, but in 2006, the English felt really different.
The discourse community I am most interested in is the journalism community. With journalists in our society either being scrutinized or praised, I would like our community and university students (no matter their opinions) to experience a day in the life of a member of the press. I am proposing we have a journalism fair at The University of Cincinnati’s Clermont Campus. The fair will be open to all community members and students interested.
Religion is an important factor in many lives in today’s society. A particular western religion that is taken very seriously by many is known as Islam. Essentially, Islam means “submission”, or in other words a person is to abide by God and peace will follow. In order to comprehend the Islamic religion, it is consequential to view the major themes associated with this religion. By going through the central themes of Islam it could help others comprehend what is involved with this specific religion.