Wesam Berjaoui April. 01, 2000 Professor Gloster-Coates History 132 CRN# 24386 Museum Project The first museum I went to was my favorite. I went to the Museum for African Art displaying the Hair exhibit. The name of the exhibit sounded very uninteresting, but I was proven wrong. The first thing that I learned from this exhibit is that in Africa the way your hair is done represents your position in society. Your hair was probably one of the most …showed first 75 words of 1587 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1587 total…were not practicing the religion of Islam in the right way. These people used dolls and carved out statues and used them for guidance and for socializing. Probably some of the African groups that used figures shown in the museum were not Muslims, but I am sure some of them were Muslim. It is forbidden for a Muslim to worship any sort of idols or use them to possess power or to tell their fortune.