Misconceptions About Islam

One of the misconceptions that I found surprising is that they find no man is better then any other man. Such as non Arab verses an Arab or a white man verses a black man. How were they able to grasp that concept so early when it took Christan's so long to make that understanding.

I was also surprised of the reasoning for why women are equal. It is the man's job to take care and provide for the family while it is the woman's job to respect and obey the man. She also is more superior because she can bond with the children more. And, they wear the veils to protect themselves against men's desires, if they was not to wear they veil then it would seem they are trying to show themselves off.

Middle east back post

http://traveldocs.com/iq/culture.htm In Ancient Iraq they didn't have an all controlling king like they other surrounding countries. Such as Egypt has a pharaoh who was looked at as a living god. The civilization realized that their king was every bit responsible and reactive to his actions. They were among the first who were able to be considered an advanced civilization. They were early to develop the plow and wheel. So what went wrong? why are they behind now? I do know that they have ways to make our technologies work in ways that my first hand source didn't really understand. http://img.slate.com/features/pdf/iraqsmartcard.pdf (Very big file and takes a while to load). There is a pamphlet that all military people must receive before going to Iraq. It tells them of the ways not to insult the people there and to be respectful. It also helps them understand all of the differences that they may need help with. The pamphlet also gives words that the soldiers might need to say such as stop or where. This all fits right in a pocket that is easy to reach.

Middle East

The middle east.... welll I don't really know that much about it. But, when I start to think of it the thought of our "War on Terror" comes to me and then the movie Hildalgo. Just because it has that really long great race. blink blink blink went my computer screan. and and and and and and and and and and and and and and The other day in my government class Thor Watts brother came in and he was in Iraq helping the people there start a policing station. Thats all his job is. He has a translator that helps him teach the people as young as 17 start to learn how to protect their socity. Then he talked about the women there and that they have to wear those black robes and that they cant talk to anyone. If they even acknowldge a stranger they are looked apon as a whore and then become worthless. That would be a hard posistion to live in for sure. I imagin that they make the best of what they can though because there is nothing else they really can do. Another thing i though was weird was that they cant show the bottem of their shoes to anyone otherwise it is looked at as in insult. If i followed that i'm not sure how many times a day i have been insulted.... or even insult myself.


The thing i think i might be suprised to learn about the Middle East is more about their culture and how very different it is from ours. And, perhaps some of the food and what they look at as unsanitary and what is clean. Maybe anything about the kids who go to school there.