From Utah to Eternity: A Mormon-Muslim Journey

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In 2002, From Here to Eternity was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [4] [5] Plot [ edit ] Jake, a down-home Utah boy, is striving to convert Japan to the Mormon religion. But his certainties are turned upside-down when he meets an Indonesian student in a fast-food restaurant, triggering a journey of discovery that leads him to reject his Mormon upbringing, and to affirm the One God of the Qur'an. very alien. Salt Lake City airport was a regular witness to the missionary farewell and homecoming committees. All around the hall looked to be Japanese-Americans and many others were JapaneseJapanese returning home after vacations in the US. There were

T know, I know. I haven’t called this week and you were worried you weren’t going to see me before I go.” hitherto polite people started lurching across to talk to the missionaries again. Brother Simmons raised a restraining hand, as oneThe Japanese couple seemed amused that the group was discussing their conversation, and gave friendly smiles and waves.

In the novel, several of the enlisted men fraternize with homosexuals, and one soldier commits suicide as a result, but homosexuality is not mentioned or directly explored in the film. Again, the change was made to satisfy the Code Office. [14] [18] However, J. E. Smyth has written that the film's treatment of Judson's behavior towards Maggio "has all the indications of sexual abuse, and therefore reintroduces the fear of homosexuality in the 1930s military that the rest of the script had to repress for obvious reasons of censorship". [19]

Her novel, From Utah to Eternity, on Islamic conversion, was based partly on personal experience. She just finished a book about everyday experiences of wearing the hijab (the Islamic headscarf). leader, like a school-trip. He regretted, just slightly, that the challenge was not theirs. ‘Maybe on future trips,’ he wondered, ‘I’ll get