Primary Sources of Islam 4/11

Tonight's reading was on the Primary Sources of Islam, it was the collection of four reading as well as four visual sources that gave the class first hand knowledge as to what the people of Islam viewed and felt at that time. This reading was also part of my hour long class presentation and so I was really in tune to what the authors had to say.
       Each of the four reading was interesting because they each held a different view point as to the turning points in the Islamic world. The first author Ayatollah Khomeini, was especially diligent in trying present his own views to the public. He believe that the Imperialist were the source of the problems for the Muslim people that they're goal was an effort to keep his people in a backwards state to which they would be able to exploit them.
        My favorite author was actually the last, she supported the feminist movement. Hirsi Ali was a young woman who grew up in the Islamic movement and was very supportive of it until her father tried to force her into an arranged marriage, during this point in her life she was actually able to pull away from her faith and explore the different options such as atheism, as well as becoming more politically active.
        In this way we are able to see two sides of how people perceived the Islamic movement as well as how it affected their every day lives. The visual sources are also ways in which people expressed their view on how affected their every day lives. In visual 22.3 Jewish immigrants expressed their thankfulness for giving back their promise land.