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Critical Thinking about Islam
Winter 2001-2002
My Western (non-Muslim) friends and Pietisten have asked me to give them a Muslim perspective on the events of September 11 and subsequent developments. I have struggled with this task because I have feared to be the token Muslim and I have asked myself if I dared speak as a Muslim. How much do I know about religion? I am anything but an expert on religion, terrorism, or Afghanistan.
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Ready for an Armageddon?
Spring 1991
Today is my birthday. I'm in my room, munching on my birthday cookies, listening to a '50s song on the radio. I got a heavenly gift today: the first snowflakes of the year. Everything is perfect, almost everything. Deep in my heart there's a question that has been bothering me all day: will I be able to celebrate my birthday next year?
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Two Different Worlds?
Summer 1989
As an eighteen-year-old exchange student, I have been
observing and learning about the American culture in the past
ten months. Having some close American friends in Turkey, I
had some ideas about American culture before I arrived here.
However, throughout my stay in the USA, I have constantly
been in the process of learning something new.
