Rawda AlWadhahi Blog
1/16/2013
Rawda AlWadhahi
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What is your identity?
On Wednesday”s class we talked about how a person would identify himself in front of others or to himself. The topic we talked about in class caught my attention since the whole group had their own opinion. There are many ways to identify yourself. One way is by what religion you believe in. Another way is by your ethnicity. There are also other ways a person could think of.
Some people identify themselves through the actions they made in life. They believe that selfidentity helps us as social beings to find our place within our society. This does not require stating the religion they follow or the country you come from.
One person in class said that he would identify himself as a Muslim then Kuwaiti and never states that he is an Arab.
I respect his thoughts since that is one good way to identify yourself. The issue at hand of identity crisis among Muslims can be easily solved if we know the true meaning of identity.
Islam does not entertain or encourage tribal, national and ethnic affiliations. Once a person embraces Islam, his or her true identity is a Muslim; besides Islamic brotherhood all the rest of the affiliations are superficial and unimportant. Others said that they would identify themselves as an Arab first so that people know their background, what they are and where they come from.
Identifying yourself is not what you want people to think of you first. You have to know what you are and identify who you are to yourself first then you can expose your identity to others by what you want them to think of you.
Overall the conversation was interesting and I enjoyed listening to different opinions and how people react to others’ opinions. I also liked how everyone thought differently about the topic. Being a Muslim or any other religion is part of your identity. Being an Arab or other ethnicities is also part of your identity so people can never have a fruitful
Rawda AlWadhahi
Blog 1
What is your identity?
On Wednesday”s class we talked about how a person would identify himself in front of others or to himself. The topic we talked about in class caught my attention since the whole group had their own opinion. There are many ways to identify yourself. One way is by what religion you believe in. Another way is by your ethnicity. There are also other ways a person could think of.
Some people identify themselves through the actions they made in life. They believe that selfidentity helps us as social beings to find our place within our society. This does not require stating the religion they follow or the country you come from.
One person in class said that he would identify himself as a Muslim then Kuwaiti and never states that he is an Arab.
I respect his thoughts since that is one good way to identify yourself. The issue at hand of identity crisis among Muslims can be easily solved if we know the true meaning of identity.
Islam does not entertain or encourage tribal, national and ethnic affiliations. Once a person embraces Islam, his or her true identity is a Muslim; besides Islamic brotherhood all the rest of the affiliations are superficial and unimportant. Others said that they would identify themselves as an Arab first so that people know their background, what they are and where they come from.
Identifying yourself is not what you want people to think of you first. You have to know what you are and identify who you are to yourself first then you can expose your identity to others by what you want them to think of you.
Overall the conversation was interesting and I enjoyed listening to different opinions and how people react to others’ opinions. I also liked how everyone thought differently about the topic. Being a Muslim or any other religion is part of your identity. Being an Arab or other ethnicities is also part of your identity so people can never have a fruitful