“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don’t make me wear your shoes.”

                                                                                                                                  ----George Carlin

What Muslim means? Who they really are? 

In the said quotation above, my point of view on it is every individual has the right to choose their religion because all of us have different ways of believing and thinking at the same time I could say that it is a calling from God whatever we call him that’s why nobody should be forced to have faith on something he doesn't want. Influenced of parents is also a factor of that. 

In the world there is a lot of religion like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism to name a few.Because of the fact that we have many religions as what I have said earlier, sometimes we can't deny to discriminate others faith from what we believed  in. Particularly, the Muslims, other people usually tend to tease them in the way they live, in food and in shirt they dress up. They are the people who believe in their God named Allah that is the definition that  immediately came on my mind whenever I was asked of it. 

As I researched, this link http://www.islamicfinder.org/faq/list.php#8   defined the Islam as both a religion and a complete way of life by the source: www.alim.org  as well as the meaning of Muslim and who is Allah,  by the  above link we can gain a lot of information on it because they have already answered the forty-nine  frequently asked questions so if there is something that bothers you just visit that cite to clear the things you don’t know. 

When I was in second year highschool, one of the topic that my teacher in Asian History discussed was about Islam. As far as I remembered correctly, koran/Q'uran is the holy book that they are using. Ramadan happens in the ninth month of Muslim calendar wherein they will sacrifice not to eat and drink from sunrise until sunset but when in it's already midnight that is the time that they can able to it their foods.  In addition, they don't eat pork. They also do brotherhoods meaning to say they always help each other as if they are just like brothers and sisters.

Furthermore, as I tackled my topic discrimination of Muslim's culture I should have a background of them like their history but unfortunately I don’t have much information on it for the reason that I am a devoted Christian and I just wanted to focus my mind to my God named Jesus Christ that’s why I think it is a perfect turning point on me to have this as my research paper in order for me  to broaden my perspective on them. Out of curiosity I came across an article on the net and  I found out that "Mindanao and Sulu are the original homeland of the Philippine Muslim.These areas are now the third political subdivision of the Philippines. They are located at the southern part of the country, and lie around hundred miles north of equator." through the helped of this link http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-

 Moreover, to support the above information this links http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-history.htm will also help me to understand them, wherein in this is state that "Islam, began in Mecca, claimed to be the revelation of God(Allah) through the angel Gabriel to a man named Muhammad. Muhammad was born in approximately AD 570-571. He was born to the powerful tribe of the Quraish in Mekkah (Meca). His father's name was Abdullah. His mother's name was Aminah."

 Hence, now I could certainly say that I clarified some of the things that I knew in a more precise way and at the same time I learned information about some of the stuff that Muslims have that I didn't know before.

 “Always  try to be happy whatever life brings. Remember, every 60 seconds of life you spend is a minute of happiness you can never get back” so be happy, start your day with a smile.

Good Day!

One decade, six years, four months ,two days, seventeen hours , two minutes, and  10,11,12,13,14 and so on and so forth seconds  since my mother gave birth to me. My father named me Hana because he simply liked it while my mother just added Angela beside it because according to her they have already two angels in their life which is of course me and the other one is my elder sister. To sum up, my entire name is Hana Angela Gavarra Gardon, a freshman student who is taking up BS Accountancy currently in the second term in Asia Pacific College.  I lived in Taguig City. I have 3 siblings wherein I am the second to the eldest. I graduated from La Immaculada Concepcion School, a private and non-sectarian school in Pasig City. In addition, I could describe myself as an optimist, shy-type, generous somehow, independent and a God- fearing child as well.  I used to bike, to surf web and to do a household chores. Moreover, the subject that I am fascinated with is Mathematics. My sport is badminton. Likewise, my big dream is to be a Certified Public Accountant, to help and share my blessings to organizations like Bantay Bata and lastly to go to different country with my parents and siblings. I think so much from that.

The blog that I have made is all about discrimination of Muslim's culture I chose that topic for the reason that it is one of the things that caught my attention because like other stuff whenever I watch television and it was the featured I stop for what I supposed to do in order for me to really focus on it then eventually I was interested on it. In addition to this, I want to know more about their cultures and the reason behind that.  I want to figure it out why there were many people who discriminate the cultures as well as religion of the said people at the same time I want to study Muslims living in a Christian community like here in the Philippines. I know that there is a lot more for me to learn on them which excite me very well. Furthermore, I intend to use my blog to write a paper in order for me to gradually make my research paper, it also helps me to keep my record, articles and links on what I searched on the net which simply serves as my portfolio.