Education

Liberal Secular Imperialism

This completely makes sense according to the logic of the secular nation state, and we see this logic repeated by policy makers in many countries.   Consider this line of thought:     Why should parents have any influence on the upbringing of their children? The influence of parents often violates …

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The Digital Pied Piper is here. He may already have abducted your child.

The Tech Industry’s Psychological War on Kids medium.com Richard Freed Child and adolescent psychologist, and the author of “Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age” “What none of these parents understand is that their children’s and teens’ destructive obsession with technology is the predictable consequence of a virtually unrecognized …

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What Happened on March 3 1924

Channel Islam International 3rd March 1924: Why does it matter? The date 3rd March 1924 matters because it was when formally the Khilafah State was abolished. Why does this date matter? It matters because by the abolishment of the Khilafah State the laws of Islam was no longer comprehensively applied. Consequently, …

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Reciting Ahaadith of Bukhari to repel calamity

Al-Miftah.com It is a famous statement among the Muhaddithun: ‘When reciting Hadith, Allah Ta’ala’s special mercies descend.’ (Tadribur Rawi, vol.4 pg.540) During times of difficulty, fear and hardship, in addition to Quran recital and other forms of du’a etc, one practice of our pious predecessors; recent and ancient is to …

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Tarbiyah (Upbringing) vs Ta’leem (Education)

    Sheikh Salman was asked, “How do you get your kids to love the Salaah?”   The first thing he said was, “Have them love you.”   Learn this life lesson: tarbiyah is founded upon relationship.   Tarbiyah is the raising up and education of a child such that …

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Just one “A”!

By Abdur Rahmaan Umar   It had been a long two weeks thought Taheera as she stole a moment to gulp down her now lukewarm tea. Yes, it had been two long weeks of covering books, sharpening pencils and struggling to make up sets of pencil colours from leftovers of …

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