Outcomes of the movie

We watched the movie about fast food in the class together. This movie was wonderful for me because it influenced me a lot. I learned from this long movie that we had to take care of our eating custom especially fast-food for several reasons. First, it has a great deal of fat; therefore, it gives rise to obesity. Second, it contains different harmful materials such as many dangerous ingredients like sugar and colorant. These hazardous substances cause diverse baleful consequences ranging from arteriosclerosis / hardening of the arteries to diabetes. Third, fast food can trigger heart disease and heart attack because of its contents.

I think this movie will be beneficial for humankind because it has a great deal of helpful knowledge about the fast-food and it’s dangerous. However, I thought this movie could annoy fast-food companies especially MC, Cola and Pepsi.

As far as I'm concerned, countries’ governments have to educate their citizens about fast-food dangerous. At least, they can show this movie to people who don't care about his nutrition. Besides, governments have to restrict selling of fast-food or obligate the companies to change their menu to the healthy food like vegetables and salad. If we don't make provision against this dangerous situation, humankind will taste it's extremely dangerous results because obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases are on the rise worldwide. Hence, we called it "an epidemic disease".
Fatih

The Hidden Danger: Fast Food

Racently, people have been preferring fast food instead of traditional meals or just hot meals. Assuredly, everybody can choose his own menu because humankind are free. However, as a mortal, mankind must take care their health and nutrition when they eat something. The reason why is simple: Nourishment which is unhealty can give rise to many health problems such as diabetes, heart diseases, and obesite. Moreover, it can lead deathly results. Therefore, let me analyse this topic generally.
First of all, we have to argue why people prefer fast food. As far as I'm concerned, it's easy to reach them, so people don't want to endure a lot of hardship to fix their launch or dinner. For example, we can find a fast food store  every corner. Furthermore, they are not expensive. The big fast food companies have been serving people approximately every country. So, they have mass production. This situation reduces cost and gives chance to the company to save alot of money. Therefore, people opt this kind of food. For instance, a x menu and drink is 9.94 dollar in US. However a hot meal is more expensive than fast food. Also, they are delicious. As far as I know, fast food camponies have been using some special mixtures and spices to appeal to people. It's true that they are delicious but are they healty?
Second, fast foods are not healty because they have a lot of harmfull item such as fat, salt, and red meat. So, people eating fast food must burn these fats and get rid of this baleful stuff by walking in the street and doing some exercise. İf someone don't regard his practising, he will taste some bad situation. As a result, these harmful substance will cause high cholestrol and diabetes.
To sum up, people have enjoyed fast food because they are reachable, have reasonable cost and yummy. Nevertheles, they are not healty since they have some detrimental substances. Although they are tasty foods, we have to prefer more healtier foods to protect us.
Thanks.

Article about God / ALLAH

My remarks:

This article was written by Saban Ali Duzgun who has PhD in İslamic studies at UK and was published by Turkish Religious Affairs that is my institution. So, My major is İslamic Studies; therefore, I chose an exremely important article  about the unique creator "Allah" who is our God. In this article, author detailed these headline: "Allah", "How is God viewed in İslam?", "Where is Allah?", and "Who controls the univers?".

İn the essay, Saban mensioned that Allah is the One, the Unique in his creation, the Eternal, Absolute, and there is none like unto Him. Also, Allah give us the best apperance, size and shape. He mentioned this fact "We have certainly created man in the best of stature. (at-Tin 95: 4) the other translation "We have indeed created man in the best of moulds".

İt's aceppted that Allah created humanbeing and Jean that is invisible creatures for worship himself.

İn this article, the ohter relevant topics have been investigating by the author.

 Fatih

ALLAHWhat does the term “Allah” mean? The Arabic word Allah is a contraction of the words “al” and “ilah,”
and literally means “The God.” Believers in Islam understand the word ‘Allah’ to be the proper name for the Creator as found in the Qur’an. The name Allah is analogous to Eloh, a Semitic term found in the divine scriptures revealed to Muhammad’s predecessors Moses and Jesus (may peace be upon them all). The use of the term Allah is not confined to believers in Islam alone -Arabic- speaking Christians and Jews also use Allah in reference to God, demonstrating thereby that followers of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism believe in a common monotheistic Creator.

How is God viewed in Islam?The Qur’an, the divinely-revealed scripture of Islam, contains numerous verses describing the nature of God. The role of human beings as creations of God upon the earth and their relationship with God are also discussed extensively in the sacred text as is shown in the following verses:
“Say: He is God, the One, the Eternal, Absolute. He does not beget, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him.” (Ihlas 112: 1-4)
“It is He who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing, and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections that you may give thanks.” (Nahl 16: 78)
“No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision. He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.” (An’am 6: 103)
Muslims believe that God has no partners or associates who share in His divinity or authority. Muslims also believe that God is transcendent and unlike His creations, and thus has no physical form. Nor is God believed to exist in (or be represented by) any material object. A number of divine attributes or “names,” which serve to describe God, are found in the Qur’an. Some commonly known attributes include the Most Merciful, the Most Forgiving, the Most High, the Unique, and the Everlasting, among others.
In Islam, human beings, like other creations, are seen as completely unlike God, though they may aspire to exhibit various attributes manifested by God, such as justice or mercy. Furthermore, even while God is believed to be beyond traditional human perception, the Qur’an states:
“He is with you wherever you may be” (Hadid 57: 5).
For Muslims, God’s Oneness heightens the awareness that ultimately all life is bound by Divine Law emanating from a singular source and that life has a meaning and purpose which revolves around the consciousness of God’s presence.

Where is Allah?We know by experience that we can not perceive every being. For example, in darkness we can not see far more than a hundred metres, but we do not say that there is nothing beyond this distance. Similarly we are intelligent beings, but we can not see our reasons. Likewise, as we can not see the God, we can not say there is no God. A believer is sure that Allah, knows and sees everything and nobody can escape Allah’s ever-watchful eye for a single moment. In fact, Allah is nearer to us than our own jugular-vein. So, a true Believer does not commit a sin either secretly or in the darkness of night, nor does he feels himself alone wherever he is. Because the believer has the firm conviction that Allah sees everything all the time and He (Allah) is everywhere. This can be seen in the following verses:
“Allah is He who created seven firmaments and of the Earth a similar number. Through the midst of them descends His command that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah comprehends all things in (His) knowledge.” (Talaq 65 :12)
“It was We who created man and We know what dark suggestions his soul, makes to him, for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular-vein.” (Qaf 50: 16)
We understand from these verses that Allah has created everything on Earth and in the Heavens for the service and comfort of humans.
“Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth the parable of His light is as if there were a Niche and within it a lamp: the lamp enclosed in glass: Glass as it were a brilliant star... Allah sets forth parables for men and Allah knows all things.” (Nûr 24: 35)
God’s being the Light means that He is everywhere and nothing can escape from His existence. The desire to see God like other objects is a primitive way.
Once, a Bedouin was asked what made an unsophisticated man like him believe in Allah. Bedouin: “Do you see these marks in the sand?” Man: “Yes.” Bedouin: “What do they tell you?” Man: “A camel went by.” Bedouin: “Did you see the camel?” Man: “No, but these footprints in the sand suggest that a camel made them.”
Bedouin: “Do you see these mountains?”
Man: “Yes.”
Bedouin: “They are indicative to me that Allah made them.”
Imam Abu Hanifa was asked by an atheist: “What is the evidence pointing to the existence of Allah?” and he replied, “Forget it! At the moment, I am busy thinking about this ship. People tell me there is a big ship, it contains different goods on board. There is no one to steer it, no one maintaining it. Yet, this ship keeps going back and forth; it even traverses big waves on the oceans; it stops at the locations that it is supposed
to stop at; it continues in the direction that it is supposed to head.
This ship has no captain and no one planning its trips.”

The atheist who posed the question interrupted and exclaimed,
“What kind of strange and silly thought is this? How can any intelligent
person think that some thing like this can occur?”
Abu Hanifa said, “I feel sorry about your state! You can not imagine
one ship running without someone looking after its affairs; yet you
think that for this whole world, which runs exactly and precisely, there
is no one who looks after it, and no one owns it.”

Who controls the Universe?Allah is the Controller of the Universe. Because, the vast and majestic
universe with its flawless system clearly indicates that there is One
Creator and One Supreme Controller. As we look around in our environment,
we see that every family has a head; every school has a principal;
every city or town has a mayor. Moreover, we know beyond doubt
that every product is the work of a certain producer, and that every
beautiful art is the creation of some great artist. All this is obvious, yet
it does not satisfy the hunger for knowledge and the curiosity of man
about the great things in the world.
One often wonders at the beauties of nature with its scenic charms
and marvels; the almost endless horizons in the sky and their far-reaching
expansions; the ceaseless succession of day and night in the most
orderly manner; the course of the sun, the moon, and the great stars;
the world of animate and inanimate objects, the continuous process
and evolution of man generation after generation. One often wonders
because one would like to know the maker and maintainer of all these
things with which we live and which we immensely enjoy.
Can we find an explaination of the great universe? Is there any convincing
interpretation of the secret of existence? We realize that no city
can prosperously exist without sound administration. We also realize
that nothing comes into being on its own. In addition, we observe that
the universe exists and functions in the most orderly manner, and that
it has survived for hundreds of thousands of years.

When we think about the unique system of the world we find no
conflict in it. The Sun, the Moon and the Galaxy obey the same Supreme
Authority. Everything in the universe works in harmony and cooperation
like various parts of the human body. The limbs of the human body
seem to have different functions, but they all serve the same purpose.
Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an:
“If there were in the Heavens and on Earth other Gods besides
Allah there would be confusion in both.” (Anbiya 21: 22)
Can we, then, say that all this is accidental and haphazard? Can we
attribute the existence of man and the whole world to mere chance?
In the world, then, there must be a Great Force in action to keep
everything in order. In the beautiful nature there must be a Great Artist
who creates the most charming pieces of art and produces everything
for a special purpose in life. This force is the strongest of all forces, and
this Artist is the greatest of all artists.The true believers and deeply
enlightened people recognize this Artist and call Him Allah or God. They
call Him God because He is the Creator and the Chief Architect of the
world, the Originator of life and the Provider of all things in existence.
God signifies his creation and providence over universe in the following
verses:
“And We have made, above you, seven tracts (paths of motion in
the visible heavens) and we are never unmindful of (our) creation.”
(Mu’minûn 23: 17)
“It is Allah who sustains the Heavens and the Earth, lest they
cease (to function) and if they should fail, there is none can sustain
them thereafter: verily He is most forbearing and forgiving.”
(Fât›r 35: 41)

Saban Ali Duzgun

Turkish Religious Affairs

http://www.diyanet.gov.tr/yayin/dok/uncovering_islam.pdf

My experience

Humankind have been triying to solve their problems for centuries. Everbody has had some difficulties since he was born like learning to walk, understanding hardships, listening and speaking troubles. To tell the truth, I had some hard conditions like taking care of children, gaining knowledge about my major while I'm leaning English and managing a big family etc. I think I have another big problem that I have to deal with. This advertisy is lack of listening skills in English. Assuredly, several reasons may lead to this situation.
First of all, Turkish educating sytem about lerning English is based on grammer and reading book. Maybe, this is one reason contributing to lack of my listening skills. İn Turkey, everbody studies English as a second language from Elemantary school. However, no body can speak English. The vital reason why is sytem promlems. From the four grade, students have to learn English grammer in addition read basic story. But no body might notice listening skills. For example, so far I could not have listened an English conversation about social life. Besides, I have not watched an English movie to enhance my listening skills during my college education. I've just read and learned grammer. I think this is a wonderful pattern for lack of method for teaching English. Fortunately, Turkish goverment gave up this methods. Finally, they could understand students needed to improve not only grammer and reading, but also listening and speking.  İn my oppinion, they were supposed to change their medhod twenty years ago but they could not. Nevertheles, this is a good news for my son and daughter.
Second, I was very busy for learning English. When I graduated from the Unv., I got married. Next, I had a child. I had to take care my child during my master aducation. To tell the truth, it is too hard to learn English during gaining money and other knowledge. I think after learning English I would rather to get married. So, I wish I couldn't get married before my Education. To tell the truth, I don't have to regret because I have a good family. Besides, I had pHD. Now, I'm struggling to owercome this obstacle. I know, I had better to watch English movie and listen conservation.
Last, I'm too old to speak and understand English correctly. You know, it is nesesstiy for Education to start education earlier. Therefore, my kids are kidding me about my pronounsation. İn my class, my frends were amazed when I said I did not understand. Hence, İf I had known this, I could have solved my problems.
To sum up, My listening problem has been challenging me because of several reason. However, I know that if I struggle to overcome this obstacle, I can accomlish this.

Advices to my friends who will study abroad.

Hello my friend,
I heard you are going to come to the US to learn English. I've been there studying English for five months. Now, I'm attending the ELI at the Hartford University. Therefore, I want to share my opinion about studying in  America with you. It's important that you have some ideas about education and life in the US before coming here. I think you'd better follow my advice because they are extremely crucial experiences.
First of all, you have to make a decision about your major. After that you should choose your city and university because every state has its own rules and living conditions. Also, every university follows different types of education methods and some of them are very expensive, like private universities.
Second, you have to make some preparations before coming here. So, you can check your grammar notes before taking a placement test. It's necessary for everyone to take this exam because it will determine your English level. Meanwhile, you have to enhance your listening skills since you need them. Also, you have to progress your writing ability because every university expects you to write academically. I think you do not have to worry about your speaking talent because to enhance this aspect you should stay here.
Last, you must not forget to bring your documents with you like passport, financial guarantee, I-20 form, and credit card. Hence, you have to check your bank account whether it has enough money or not. You have to take cash with you because some emergency situation can occur. In addition, I must tell you rules about flying and jet lag. You have to be sure you don't bring any food and liquid in your handbag because it's forbidden. Besides, you have to notice the time difference between your country and America. In parallel with, you can feel jet lag. To surpass this bad situation, you have to try to rest and sleep on board. Nevertheless, if you don't care about this advice, you will feel and taste insomnia. Don't forget, it's not good thing. You don't want to feel this.
In brief, I appreciate you for coming here. If you follow my advice, you can overcome every obstacle. Don't forget! You have to study hard and a lot.
Thanks.
Fatih.

fatih

I was born in Ankara, the capital of Turkey in 1975. I raised on several cities such as Çankırı, Muğla, Ankara, and Diyarbakır because of my father job. He was teacter at that time, now he works at University of Van as a assistant Proffessor. I attended several elemantery school in diverse cities and graduated Toplarlar Elemantary School in 1985-1986. After that I registered to Koycegiz Middele thelogical school which was called İmam-Hatip Lisesi and completed this school.
After I graduated from high school called "Van İmam Hatip Lisesi", I studied İslamic Sdudies at the Divinity Faculty, University of Marmara and graduated in 1998. Newt, I got Master degree from the Universty of Van in 2002 and PhD from the University of Ankara in İslamic Studies especially in İslamic Law in 2008.
I started working as an assistant at University of Van from 1999 to 2002. After that I worked as a teacher in Ankara from 2002 to 2003. After that I changed my institute and started working as a preacher in Ankara at Turkish Religious Affairs in 2003. After a short time, I started to study at The Education Center for Preacher and Mufti in Konya during thirty months. When I comleted this education in 2006, I was appointed as a Prison Preacher in Çankırı in 2006. After that I won the teacher exam at that institute and started working as a Techer of Leader (İmam).
Now, I am working as an expert of religious affairs at High Council of Turkis Religious Affairs. I answer the question of Turkish citizen or other question about İslam and İslamic Studies by e-mail. To send us an e-mail about Turkish Religious Life or İslam, you can visit our web cite, wwww.diyanet.gov.tr. In addition this, I write respons of mail. Besides, I researh about İslamic law for the Presidency of Turkish Religious Affairs.
I've been studying English at ELI for four months. In addition, I'm taking a course as a auditor from Hartford Seminary. After I finish my English course on May, I plan to register Hartford Seminary to study "İslamic Chaplaincy Program". To tell the truth, because I'm a scholarship student, I have to prapare a thesis about chaplaincy.
My basic purpuse is to learn English academically; therefore I take some other courses as a auditor in Cenrall Connecticut State University and Noah Public Library.
So far, I've stayed in the US for five months. In addition these periods, I intend to study in the US approximately for one year. After that, I have to return to my country, Turkey, since my studying term is ending at that time.
I hope we'll benefit from the US.
I wrote four academic essay that were published in refereed academic journal about İslamic Law, Quran, Zaydiya, Mutazila, and Cafariyya.  
For examle;
1. Interaction in Usul al-Fıqh between Zaydiyya and Mutazila
2. Understanding of İnnocence (al-Masumiyya) between Cafariyya- Zaydiyya and its influences in Usul al-Fıqh
3. Quran and its interpratation (Delalet) in Zaydi Undestanding.
Besides these, I wrote approximately more than twenty article about İslam, Quran, Yemen and İslamic Culture.
I'm planning to take associate profesor degree in İslamic Studies.
Meanwhile, I have to add that I'm married and I've three sons and two daughter. God bless you and them. I hope Our Lord, Allah, protect ourselves from bad things.
Thanks.