Education of Muslim Children - Challenges and Opportunities
Education is the birth right of every Muslim and Muslimah. Islam puts considerable emphasis on its followers to acquire knowledge. Investment in education is the best investment one can make, because it eventually leads to intellectual property. Intellectual property is the intangible property, which no one can steal or destroy. This is the property on which no Government can levy a tax. It was as a result of application of knowledge that Muslims were the superpower of the world for twelve centuries.Today, globally Muslims have the lowest literacy rate. Education of Muslim children in the west has both opportunities and challenges.
In the Western World the purpose of education is to provide for the economic prosperity of a nation. At a personal level the purpose of education is to acquire academic and professional skills that enable one to earn a respectable living with riches and fame, and also a luxurious and comfortable life. For a Muslim providing economic prosperity of a nation does not contradict his/her Islamic beliefs, however focusing the goals of education solely for the purpose of money making is unpalatable. Muslims want to impart Islamic education.
The vast majority of Muslims think that Islamic education means acquiring Islamic religious knowledge-study of Qur'an, Arabic, Hadith, Sunnah, Seerah, Fiqh, Islamic history, and allied subjects. As a matter of fact, in the present world broadly speaking we have two types of Muslims. Those who have followed the Western type of education or secular education and those who have acquired Deeni or Islamic education.
In the twentieth century, due to colonialism and Western influence, Muslim parents concentrated on imparting only Secular education to their children. The weak or not so bright students were sent to Deeni (religious) Madrasas (schools) in their own countries or to one of the Middle Eastern countries. The Muslims who emigrated to Western countries became aware of their religious identity and wanted to impart both Islamic and Secular education, what is now known as "Integrated Education." When they lacked the numbers and resources, they sent their children to public schools during the week and to the Islamic schools in the Mosque or Islamic Center during the weekends.
Let your family members know about your present financial problems.
Don’t sit silent while you are facing financial problems. There is no need to shout in the public place. Let your family know about your present situation. They have right to know about your problems apart from this you will get the mental support from them too. So, discuss your problems & try to find the solutions to come out from there.
In the mean time you may find that your some of your friends & relatives are also facing the same problem. In this way some of your close ones will share their experiences when they were facing the same financial problems, how they over come that & celebrate the success.
After getting all the information you can boost yourself & do your money management with the help of your support team. Apart from this you can read good finance articles for good tips & even you can join some finance class also. Buying expensive things, it doesn’t mean that you are very successful. That is good which will make your family members happier. To be a successful person you need to be good parent, good friend, good spouse or finally a good human being. The reason behind this is always money will not give your some of the good things in life. This will go with you till the last of your life.
Your friends & family members need to know one thing that not expect to pay off all of their high-interest debts, build healthy saving accounts, and have large sum of money in their wallets by next week. Because all of these things are completely depends on your financial situation. Reason is to solve the debt problems it may take months & even years also. But if you are serious about this issue then you will find the gradual improvement & you can easily fix up your money problem.
Don’t sit silent while you are facing financial problems. There is no need to shout in the public place. Let your family know about your present situation. They have right to know about your problems apart from this you will get the mental support from them too. So, discuss your problems & try to find the solutions to come out from there.In the mean time you may find that your some of your friends & relatives are also facing the same problem. In this way some of your close ones will share their experiences when they were facing the same financial problems, how they over come that & celebrate the success.
After getting all the information you can boost yourself & do your money management with the help of your support team. Apart from this you can read good finance articles for good tips & even you can join some finance class also. Buying expensive things, it doesn’t mean that you are very successful. That is good which will make your family members happier. To be a successful person you need to be good parent, good friend, good spouse or finally a good human being. The reason behind this is always money will not give your some of the good things in life. This will go with you till the last of your life.
Your friends & family members need to know one thing that not expect to pay off all of their high-interest debts, build healthy saving accounts, and have large sum of money in their wallets by next week. Because all of these things are completely depends on your financial situation. Reason is to solve the debt problems it may take months & even years also. But if you are serious about this issue then you will find the gradual improvement & you can easily fix up your money problem.
