Qur'an recitation

Hey Ms.. Prueitt here's my second post.

    In class I thought it was interesting that a lot of people were critical of little kids memorizing the Qur'an when they had no idea what thy were saying. I take the opposite stance on this, I believe Qur'an recitations can be beneficial whether you understand them or not. We talked about how emotions are transcendental in our recent term paper and I don't see any better example of this than with Qur'an recitations. I have no idea what any of the people in the video were saying when they were reciting the Qur'an, however I could just feel that it was important. It didn't matter what the words meant it only mattered what I felt when I heard them. To me it's like music. Everyday we hear music where we have no idea what the lyrics are however they still evoke emotion within us. I mean what are the guys  from Nirvana saying in "smells like teen spirit"? The answer doesn't matter! It's the tone of the song that makes it powerful regardless of the lyrics. So in my opinion the little kids are closer to child singer than tools of religious brainwashing. This is where I believe the contents of the documentary are more disturbing. Many of these father, although the documentary is clearly slanted, come off as middle eastern Joe Jackson's forcing their children into entertainment regardless of whether they want to or not. Now I realize much of this attitude may be culture based, however I still believe it's wrong to force little kids into a career before they are old enough to experience what the world has to offer. In my opinion the parents, especially the fathers, are in the wrong. However I do acknowledge that Qur'an recitations are a means to a better life for many of these kids and being forced into these recitations may ultimately benefit them in the long run. It's a matter of pros and cons and in the case of the winners of the competition the pros seem to outweigh the cons, but for many other kids I believe the opposite it most likely true.