My Travels For Greater Knowledge In Religions :)

Me and my world history class went on a field trip on a search of greater knowledge for religions. Heres how it went.

Al Huda Islamic Center

We first went to was the Al Huda Islamic Center. This place is where the Muslims and the people of the Islamic faith go to worship. We met with the Prayer leader Hisham Ahmed when we arrived and he told us a lot about his religion and what he did. My first thought of the building was wow. It looked so small and definitely wasn't what I expected. That then became a double wow when he told me that 200-500 people go there every Friday to pray. THE ROOM WAS SO SMALL!! I can say though, for it not being my religion or anything, there was a definite comfort feeling. Since I was on crutches, he offered me a seat so that I wouldn't have to stand. I thought that was very generous and very kind. On the carpet, I saw little open spaces all over. It was really cool when I learned that each of those spaces is for one person to pray. Each person has their own space. I also learned that they don't go out and try to convert people like Christians or catholics. That was another thing that really made me adore their religion. Sometimes when Hisham would speak, I couldn't understand him, but the times that I could, I really liked what he had to say. I actually really liked what he had to say about his religion, and if I had to choose a religion out of all those that I have learned about, I would probably chose the Islam faith. The Islamic Center was the only place that I really had any questions. I asked him if they had a certain "holy food" and he told me no. That they believe that any kind of food, besides pork and alcohol, was holy. I also asked him when they are done with Ramadan, (fasting from daylight to sunset) if they grubbed and ate a bunch of food. He simply laughed and told me yes. I can say that I really enjoyed going to the Al Huda Islamic Center and that this trip kind of made me want to go back, on my own time.