Islamic Schools in the West
A Recipe for Prosperity
Once again a decent term finds its way to distortion and
stereotyping at the hands of the "talented" marketers specializing in
launching their own vocabulary. Anti-Semitism, for one, ends up a meaning
describing unfavorable sentiments against Jews departing from the original
meaning of Semitism. A Semite is a member of a group of Semitic-speaking
peoples of the near East and
Islamists and Islamism is another term innovated to describe
extreme factions and their dogmas of terror that erroneously operate in the
name of Islam. The dogma extremism and the resultant terrorism have been fought
by Muslims for over 1300 years. Islamism is a term set originally to define the
religious faith, principles and cause of Islam. The religion of Islam of 1.3
Billion people does advocate moderation and excellence of human life. Less than
Two million sympathize with the dogma of extremism.
The innovators of such terminology and distortions are in effect
trying to hijack the original terms in an effort to stealthily blemish what the
terms originally represent.
Madrasah is the Arabic term for school. The
kindergarten, elementary and secondary institutions that hundreds of millions
of Muslims went and go to every morning to learn chemistry, physics and
mathematics to eventually become one day doctors, engineers and agriculturists
are called Madrasahs. The Mother and/or the father
get up in the morning and send the children to the Madrasah.
Mention Madrasah today and you will
think bin Laden, extremism, hatred, laboratories for crime making are written
all over it.
The mindful and just person can easily see that the Islamic
Schools of the West bring about prosperity and success.
Muslims in the
The role of the Islamic Madrasah is to
provide the values through Islamic teachings that instill ethics, manners, friendship
appreciation, trust, taking care of ones neighbor, honesty, trustworthiness, work
ethics, family bonds. Also the School
provides proper and sound training in all academic subjects as prescribed by
the relative departments of education. The school instills in the hearts the
determination to excel at what one chooses to do in the future as a career and
to have ones own contribution to the wellbeing of society at large.
An important aspect of the school is to teach the personal
obligatory Knowledge of the religion. Because it equips the students with
enough sound religious knowledge with which they can identify the thought of
the extremist factions and the ill dogmas that masquerade in the guise of the
religion. Even they would learn how to refute such dogmas based on the rules of
the religion. Students of such Madrasahs will be well
shielded from becoming preys for extremist groups.
These schools should be supported and nourished and treated as
gems because they provide every meaning of sound integration in society, healthy
coexistence and strong and mutual construction of vigorous societies.
I praise Allah, over the years I have been instrumental in
establishing several full time and part time schools in the
I encourage the Muslims in the
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