5 Arab Saudi Women Narratives

I did not get our of this what you will probably expect, what I gleaned most from this event was the vast differences between not just our two cultures, christian and muslim, but between the different types of Islam as well.
For starters, the differences in our culture in the United states is inherently different from that of Saudi Arabia. The most obvious reason is that their culture stems from and is based on their religion of Islam. Our culture, if you must say it is based on anything, would realistically have to be on capitalism. Our different values stem from this. Islam leads to the values of purity, honesty and respect, which is also symbolized in the wearing of the Hijab or head scarf and the abijah (body covering... probably spelled wrong). The values of the U.S. lead to freedom yes, but freedom to fight for more and more money in order to survive and gain power... not really all that great in my eyes..
During the panel we also learned of the striking differences between the different (for lack of a better word) branches of Islam. It is similar to the differences in Catholicism and protestantism. For example, the Shiites believe that their Ayatollahs are divine by God to be like the Pope, and Sunni Muslims don't believe like that about their Imams in that in comparison to Christianity, they are more like Pastors. The differences between the branches was extremely evident at the event because their was a heated argument between the women that were asked to speak and a Suffi Muslim that was in the audience. Finally Professor Raja Tanas had to step in to stop it several times before the vehement man left. This argument was over the wearing of the Hijab because they had different beliefs as to whether it was their culture that required it or the Qur'an or a mixture. (Similar to christianity's many debates) The result was injury on both sides because both strongly belived what they were saying and only wanted the others to not be misinformed so that they would not risk damnation.
A connection to Crt is evident in that tenet six was practically screaming at the audience. "Every group has a different story to tell in history." US citizens have a different culture and story to tell about history, the way things came about and how things are now. The different sections of different religions have different stories to tell in terms of how they interpret their own history and what is important to them. Who is really to say which has more value or is right, they all have a part to play.