Tag: raisingchildren2016
7 Tips to Talking About Sex
Our children are at the cusp of adulthood and it is my turn to inform them concerning the facts of life and all the ways a Muslim adult should think and act…
Sisters Travelling to Seek Knowledge
About once every few weeks, I get at least one email from sisters asking for advice regarding travelling to the Khalīj for Ṭalab al-ʿilm, so I felt it pertinent to address this…
The Teaching Revolution
92 years have passed since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Modern day Turkey. In a very short space of time Kamal Atatürk, the founding father of modern…
Hijab: A Generation of Change
“And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that…
Good news for innovators
An engineering student from Walthamstow has been touted as a “future industry leader” after winning a national award for designing an app to help railway engineers. Fahad Rage writes for Islam21c to…
Aspiring Minds: Empowering the Youth
Mistaken identity – the need for Spiritual Development We find that the youth of today are in search of some “freedom” with the desire to live their “own lives.” The majority…
Developing Reflective Thinking in our Children
“Don’t touch the teapot, it’s hot.” Yet she still goes for it. Again, and again! What is she learning from this process? The toddler is learning that the teapot will burn her…
Education: The Difference Between Freedom & Slavery
Frederick Douglass, the infamous runaway slave who became a strong orator of the abolitionist movement, highlights in his autobiography a moment during his youth when he lived with his master’s brother’s family.…