Negative campaigns against Muslims and anti-Islamic sentiment have existed since the revelations of the first Ayat of Quran. One of the common assertions made by those wishing to attack the Islamic viewpoint in life is that the Islamic teachings promote ignorance, blind following, create personalities with little tolerance for others and zero respect for technological or social progress, particularly in regards to the issues relating to girls and their empowerment…

The liberal way of life, which dominates societies today, promotes the view that the purpose of life is to pursue one’s desires and the pleasures and material gains of this world. The criterion by which good is distinguished from bad is the material benefit that the action brings to the individual’s life and whether it aids him in fulfilling his worldly desires, ambitions or interests.

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.