Our children deserve the best effort that we can muster to insure their success. Islam guarantees it - Allah demands it. There is no more time left for Muslim families in a community to give a few thousand dollars in a half-hearted effort to educate their children.
Yahiya Emerick, a prolific author and seasoned Muslim school teacher, offers a candid view of the problems faced by Muslim schools in the United States, along with an explanation of why these institutions are so necessary.
As concerned Muslim parents, we - not the schools - have the ultimate responsibility for our children's education, and we cannot afford to abdicate this responsibility. With this in mind, there are several things we can do to protect our children against false information.
Islamic schools have a number of characteristics that differ from public or non-Muslim private schools. Here are a list of some of the major differences, along with an appeal to Muslim parents to enroll their children in Islamic schools.
Public school teachers can range from friendly and sympathetic to the needs of your Muslim child, to hostile. While most fall in the former category, it is critical that Muslim parents learn how to work with their children's teachers for a better public school experience for their kids.
It is unfortunately true to say that most kids who graduate from an Islamic school in North America cannot understand Quranic Arabic. And this is after years of study. But do they know what they are reading? And do we care?
What if we could direct our tax dollars to a school of our choice? What if we could use our tax dollars towards tuition for our children in Muslim schools? And yes we can-through the educational choice program.