It's fascinating to see how the lack of knowledge, or even misunderstood knowledge, can lead to many different misunderstandings. In the film Koran by Heart I noticed something incredible happen, children from all over the world who all spoke different languages came together for a common goal; a common interest. They all had managed, to the best of their ability, learn this incredible work called the Qu'ran and then proceeded to recite it word for word from beginning to the end. Something like that takes dedication, takes insight and hard work unlike any other.
When watching this film I saw judges who were serious and stern to this small children, but then they were also compassionate and had so much pride to see the future generation learning something that is so dear to them. This film documented a competition in which children from all over could come and compete reciting the Qu'ran from memory. I speak English as my first language and it took me years before I mastered Spanish and German, and I'm 21 years of age. Even with me being the age I am I can honestly say I would not be able to memorize and recite something 1/3 of what they had to memorize in Spanish or German. And yet these children did it; some didn't speak the same language but they still all managed to remember and recite the same thing.
To me that showed unity, but to some it showed something completely different. I was noticing the comments for the video and several were making claims that child abuse was taken place. That making these kids learn something they don't understand is horrible, and dangerous feeding them any sort of information. And that's what struck me the most is that some people just don't understand. There can be a thousand people in one room watching the same thing happen but all recite the events differently. That's what religion is all about, it's about this one thing or multiple things being told but it's up to you to interpret it how he see fit. While some saw the video and thought ill of the Qu'ran and the event, I saw the video and thought how incredible these children really are.
When watching this film I saw judges who were serious and stern to this small children, but then they were also compassionate and had so much pride to see the future generation learning something that is so dear to them. This film documented a competition in which children from all over could come and compete reciting the Qu'ran from memory. I speak English as my first language and it took me years before I mastered Spanish and German, and I'm 21 years of age. Even with me being the age I am I can honestly say I would not be able to memorize and recite something 1/3 of what they had to memorize in Spanish or German. And yet these children did it; some didn't speak the same language but they still all managed to remember and recite the same thing.
To me that showed unity, but to some it showed something completely different. I was noticing the comments for the video and several were making claims that child abuse was taken place. That making these kids learn something they don't understand is horrible, and dangerous feeding them any sort of information. And that's what struck me the most is that some people just don't understand. There can be a thousand people in one room watching the same thing happen but all recite the events differently. That's what religion is all about, it's about this one thing or multiple things being told but it's up to you to interpret it how he see fit. While some saw the video and thought ill of the Qu'ran and the event, I saw the video and thought how incredible these children really are.
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