In-group Out-group by Siti Aisyah Nur Hidayah

Name/ NPM : Siti Aisyah Nur Hidayah/121060001

Date : 17-07-2022

Source : YouTube

Name of Source : -

Length : 16:16 Title of Topic : What it's like to be a Muslim in America | Dalia Mogahed

Website link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzkFoetp-_M

Vocab journaling between 25 up to 30 words

Summary (100 words or more): Summarize the main points in your own words

I’ve been listening to a video on YouTube about in-group out-group. The speaker is Dalia Mogahed. When she was 17, she decided to come out as a Muslim and decided to start wearing the hijab, her head covering. She didn't just passively accept the faith of her parents. She wrestled with the Quran. She read, reflected, questioned, doubted, ultimately, and believed. She said that her relationship with God was not love at first sight. It was a trust and a slow surrender that deepened with every reading of the Quran. Its rhythmic beauty sometimes moves her to tears. She sees herself in it. She feels that God knows her.

One morning, she looks at the channel and hears, "... Muslim terrorist ...,", "... in the name of Islam ...,", "... Middle-Eastern descent ...,", "... jihad ...,", "... we should bomb Mecca”. Not only had her country been attacked, but in a flash, somebody else's actions had turned her from a citizen to a suspect. They moved into their apartment that night in a new town in what felt like a completely different world. And then she was hearing warnings from national Muslim organizations saying things like, "Be alert," "Be aware," "Stay in well-lit areas," and "Don't congregate”. She stayed inside all week. And then it was Friday that same week, the day that Muslims congregate for worship. And again, the warnings were, "Don't go that first Friday, it could be a target”. She was watching the news, wall-to-wall coverage. Her emotions were so raw, understandably, and she was also hearing about attacks on Muslims or people who were perceived to be Muslim, being pulled out and beaten in the street. Mosques were firebombed. And she thought they should just stay home. She gets it that people were angry at the terrorists. And so, to have to explain yourself all the time isn't easy.

Today, we hear people saying there's a problem in this country, and it's called Muslims. So, some people want to ban Muslims and close down mosques. They talk about her community kind of like we're a tumor in the body of America. Muslims, like all other Americans, aren't a tumor in the body of America, we're vital organs. In her opinion, Muslims are inventors and teachers, first responders, and Olympic athletes. It isn’t going to make America safer by closing down mosques. It will not end terrorism. Going to a mosque regularly is linked to having more tolerant views of people of other faiths and greater civic engagement.

The first thing that happens is the person gets cut off from their community, from even their family, so that the extremist group can them into believing that they, the terrorists, are the true Muslims.

Now, some will still argue Islam is a violent religion. After all, a group like ISIS bases its brutality on the Quran. She thinks we need to do everything we can to stop a group like ISIS. But we would be giving in to their narrative if we cast them as representatives of the faith of billion people. ISIS has as much to do with Islam as the Ku Klux Klan has to do with Christianity. Both groups claim to base their ideology on their holy book. But when you look at them, they're not motivated by what they read in their holy book.

She has told us a little bit about how Islamophobia affects her and her family. When we're afraid, at least three things happen. We become more accepting, conform, and prejudiced. One that would control them by fear or one where they were practicing their religion freely. So, they decided to go to the mosque. And they put their son in their car seat. But she saw made her stop. The place was full. And then the imam made an announcement, thanking and welcoming their guest. Because half the congregation was Christians, Jews, Buddhists, atheists, people of faith and no faith, who had come not to attack us, but to stand in solidarity with us. These people were there because they chose courage, compassion over panic, and prejudice.

Muslims want prosperity for their family, they want jobs and they want to live in peace. So, we must remember that Muslims is not terrorist.

Reaction (50 words or more): Write your opinion about the main point/ your critical review

As a Muslim, I was saddened to hear that Muslims in America were so backward. They're considered terrorists even if they're not. ISIS is not Islam. ISIS is just a group that wants to destroy Islam. I am grateful to live in Indonesia where value tolerance is highly valued. I hope America can quickly adopt a tolerant attitude as well.

Reflection (50 words or more): What you have learned or the problems you have during extensive listening, how did you deal with to solve the problems

I repeated the video 3 times. I love the speaker because she speaks less rapidly and speaks clearly. But I had little trouble understanding what was said by the speaker because I hadn’t quite mastered the English vocabulary. Especially when the speaker spoke a word I had never heard before. To solve it, first I write down the word that I don’t know the meaning of. And then I used the digital dictionary app name U-Dictionary to translate it. But surprisingly, now I can listen to English videos/podcasts without subtitles. My listening skill is engage. I’m very happy.

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