Former Wrangell resident Sarah Aslam spoke Aug. 16 to a community gathering at Island of Faith Lutheran Church on her relationship to her Islamic faith. Rather than a theological or an “Intro-to-Islam” presentation, she said she wanted to share what living day by day in her faith tradition means to her.
“I’m not an expert,” she said, “just a messy, imperfect human who wants to share the beauty of my faith.”
She began by noting that depictions of Muslims in movies, television and even news stories often use daily prayers as a formative image. Because these prayers are in Arabic, and use posture...
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