Today we had our final lecture with Dr. Reham Bahi about Islamism. It complemented our lecture with Dr. Sullivan on the Muslim Brotherhood although there did seem to be different perspectives from both sides.
In terms of Islamism, we learned that organizations meet for one of two causes: Local or Global. Dr. Bahi went into more details about different types of Islamism groups. She didn't seem to be to portray the Brotherhood as favorably as Dr. Sullivan and seemed to favor more New Islamic Intellectuals over Traditional Olima. I was glad that the discussion was open and I was able to share my views on the different Islamic groups as well. I'm glad that this program helped erase many misconceptions that people had about people practicing Islam and also helped us share information with one another. I was surprised when I asked Dr. Bahi how many supporters extremist groups had and while she was not able to give me any numbers, a fellow student said that there are very few in numbers according to a report by the U.S. government.
We all shared our experience about our time in Egypt. There were definitely lots of positives: trying to converse with people was difficult but greetings and basic Arabic did help, the culture and people were really nice, the beautiful sites, ancient and fascinating Masjids, and most importantly having a convenient place to pray. I'm going to miss Cairo =[
In terms of Islamism, we learned that organizations meet for one of two causes: Local or Global. Dr. Bahi went into more details about different types of Islamism groups. She didn't seem to be to portray the Brotherhood as favorably as Dr. Sullivan and seemed to favor more New Islamic Intellectuals over Traditional Olima. I was glad that the discussion was open and I was able to share my views on the different Islamic groups as well. I'm glad that this program helped erase many misconceptions that people had about people practicing Islam and also helped us share information with one another. I was surprised when I asked Dr. Bahi how many supporters extremist groups had and while she was not able to give me any numbers, a fellow student said that there are very few in numbers according to a report by the U.S. government.
We all shared our experience about our time in Egypt. There were definitely lots of positives: trying to converse with people was difficult but greetings and basic Arabic did help, the culture and people were really nice, the beautiful sites, ancient and fascinating Masjids, and most importantly having a convenient place to pray. I'm going to miss Cairo =[
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