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Iftikhar
UNITED KINGDOM
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 Topic initiated on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:51 AM 
Muslim Youths
Muslim Youths
Muslim youths are angry, frustrated and extremist because they have been mis-educated and de-educated by the British schooling. Muslim children are confused because they are being educated in a wrong place at a wrong time in state schools with non-Muslim monolingual teachers. They face lots of problems of growing up in two distinctive cultural traditions and value systems, which may come into conflict over issues such as the role of women in the society, and adherence to religious and cultural traditions. The conflicting demands made by home and schools on behaviour, loyalties and obligations can be a source of psychological conflict and tension in Muslim youngsters. There are also the issues of racial prejudice and discrimination to deal with, in education and employment. They have been victim of racism and bullying in all walks of life. According to DCSF, 56% of Pakistanis and 54% of Bangladeshi children has been victims of bullies. The first wave of Muslim migrants were happy to send their children to state schools, thinking their children would get a much better education. Than little by little, the overt and covert discrimination in the system turned them off. There are fifteen areas where Muslim parents find themselves offended by state schools.
The right to education in one’s own comfort zone is a fundamental and inalienable human right that should be available to all people irrespective of their ethnicity or religious background. Schools do not belong to state, they belong to parents. It is the parents’ choice to have faith schools for their children. Bilingual Muslim children need state funded Muslim schools with bilingual Muslim teachers as role models during their developmental periods. There is no place for a non-Muslim teacher or a child in a Muslim school. There are hundreds of state schools where Muslim children are in majority. In my opinion, all such schools may be designated as Muslim community schools. An ICM Poll of British Muslims showed that nearly half wanted their children to attend Muslim schools. There are only 143 Muslim schools. A state funded Muslim school in Birmingham has 220 pupils and more than 1000 applicants chasing just 60.
Majority of anti-Muslim stories are not about terrorism but about Muslim
culture--the hijab, Muslim schools, family life and religiosity. Muslims in the west ought to be recognised as a western community, not as an alien culture.
Iftikhar Ahmad
www.londonschoolofislamics.org.uk |
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aboosait
INDIA
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Posted - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 6:47 PM 
And what do you think is the condition of our Madrassa students? Many of these students do not even know what is written in the Koran. They just recite the Koran in Arabic, but they do not understand the contents. They don’t even know what they have studied even after pursuing it for several years.
They cannot blend into an advanced western nation. They are total failures in sophisticated operations, where even basic minimum technical expertise is required. Some of them even lack basic mathematical skills. They are blissfully ignorant of the various developments. Some students may acquire good proficiency in Urdu and Arabic languages at best, but without any other knowledge, they find themselves quite ill-equipped to transact business in present day society.
Education improves the reasoning power of a person. Neither memorization of a book nor physical punishment helps the students. Students learn not only through reading, but also by experience, by watching others and also by observing the world in general. Unfortunately, Madrasah education lacks all of the above. True education is an important area to advance civilization further. If it is left in the hands of some semi-literates, sadists, paedophiles and homosexuals, neither education, nor civilisation occurs.
Am’rad, a widely used term in the madrasa circle, signifies those males who are yet to grow moustache and beard. Madrasa authorities and teachers are often accused of being ‘amrad parast’ for extending unusual help to those students who are amrad. Cases of their being sodomised, by teachers or elder students, also sometimes, come into light.
There are only a limited number of Madrassas which really teach what is in the Qur'an and Sunnah. They are run by people who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of the nation, who have kind hearts and are god-fearing. Before taking any step, they would think, that one day they would have to stand before Allah Almighty. |
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Iftikhar
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 10:37 PM
Salaam
London School of Islamics is an educational Trust. Its aim is to make British public, institutions and media aware of the needs and demands of the Muslim community in the field of education and possible solutions.
The demand for state funded Muslim schools is in accordance with the law of the land.
I do not blame the parents, Imams and Masajid for the plight of the Muslim youths. All Muslim youths suffer from identity crises because they find themselves cut off from their cultural roots, literature and poetry. All of them lack self-confidence and self-esteem. British education has made them stupid. They have become economic slaves of the British society. They do not know where they belong. They are unable to enjoy the beauty of their literature and poetry. A man is a product of his culture, language and faith. They go hand in hand.
The solution of all the problems is state funded Muslim schools with bilingual Muslim teachers as role models right from nursery classes. The Charter of Islam teaches true tolerance and equality and indeed is more acceptable to all people of the world than the United Nation Human Rights Charter. Islam does not just mean a beard, a cap and a bunch of self-interpreted fatwas.
Accoding to a research by Goldsmiths, university of London, bilingual learning can provide substantial benefits for second and third generation children whose families speak a language other than English. Even when children have grown up in the UK with English as their stronger language,using both languages aids cognitive development and strengthens their identity as learners. It is crucial that schools support c hildren's mother tongue through bilingual learning activities connected with the mainstream curriculum. Now Primary National Strategy recognises the value of bilingualism and promotes early language learning. Policy makers need to encourage good practice in schools, otherwise, the potential benefits of bilingual leaning will be lost to future generations.
The research also discovered that many second and third generation children are in danger of losing these skills if they do not have opportunities to develop their mother tongue through academic work at school. Bilingual children who learn in their family's language as well as English do better at school. It is very important that parents continue to talk to their children in their first language.
It is absurd to say that Muslim schools threaten the social cohesion of the nation. Diversity is a blessing and we should feel proud of diversity. The real threat to social cohesiondoes nt come from Muslim parents but from government that seeks to force these parents to conform with the state's ideas about how and what their children should be taught. There is no evidence that Muslim schools are undermining social cohesion. |
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aboosait
INDIA
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Posted - Monday, August 25, 2008 - 4:06 AM
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Salaam
.................bilingual Muslim teachers as role models right from nursery classes..............
Salam.
Any suggestions on how or where you will find such role model teachers?
In return for the funds the State would command some control over the schools in such matters.
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