In today’s secularism dominated world, where a virulent strain of atheism has become a dominant voice within many societies – East and West - as well as on social media, religion has become a subject of ridicule for many. Muslim children are bombarded with speeches and statements that argue that belief in a God and following a religious faith is irrational, backward, and only for the weak-minded who blindly follow…

One of the most precious gifts that we can give our children is the ability to think for themselves about the issues of their life and the world in a manner where they are able to distinguish the truth from the falsehood in all matters and are not easily swayed in their thinking and judgements by the opinions of those around them.

The Ummah’s culture is part of its entity, upon this culture its civilization is built and its goals and objectives are set, and because of it, it has a unique way of life; its viewpoint in life and the bond that binds its people together and the system it chooses to live by are all found in its culture.

‘Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: "You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do.