Hello! I am a book with my friends, and one of my characters is Muslim (Twelver Shia). None of us are Muslim so I'm kinda starting my research for my character from scratch. The character is a female American living in NYC and is of Iranian descent. Some questions I have about Shia Islam (and Islam in general) are:
- Is the Quran only in Arabic? If it is, do non-Arabic speaking Muslims learn Arabic to understand it, or do they just memorize verses and their meaning?
- Do Muslims swear/involk Allah a lot? Do they involk/curse other religious figures (I forgot what they were called, but I think the figures were like the Islamic equivalent of Christianity's 12 Disciples since there were 12 of them)? Ik one Muslim YouTuber I watch says "ya Allah" usually at least once a video, and one Tumblr post I saw Muslims do, but when I googled it a lot of sources say they don't.
- Do hijabs differ between branch, culture, or both? Also, are niqabs and burkas considered hijabs, since they cover the entire body and not just hair, ears, and chest?
- What is halal dating? I've looked at various websites, but I don’t really understand it. Is it just like non-Muslim dating, but with a chaperone? Also, does the chaperone have to be a certain gender, or could it be male or female?
- Is the modestly of clothes determined by the wearer or the religious branch?
- Is the different types of Islam (like Sunni or Shia) called branches, schools, or something else?
- What are the differences between the Shia and Sunni branches? And between Twelver Shia and other Shia?
- Where do most Persian Muslims live in NYC?
- Is there anything the average non-Muslim probably doesn't realize/know about Islam?
This list will prolly get updated the more I write and think of things, but this is all I can thing of rn. Thanks in advance!
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