Re: Raising Families in a non-muslim environment
agree it the best time for yourself and the children them times wont come back when you get older, think in their boots and communicate
Re: Raising Families in a non-muslim environment
Homosexuality is not wrong in the first place as it is natural and our culture has treated it as if it is unnatural. If you teach your children that homosexuality is wrong, and they grow up in North America, many people will be very offended by their views.
Growing up in Canada, I saw there are desis in relationships, and there is premarital sex in some cases as well. But parents are only keeping tabs on their daughters, and not their sons. Boys are free to stay out at night, go wherever they please but the daughters are kept very strictly which makes them lash out.
You can give children a strong base of your family values, but do not force them as they will rebel.
Re: Raising Families in a non-muslim environment
According to muslim beliefs, homosexuality is not natural and not acceptable. Sorry, buddy. Not everyone is gonna abandon their scripture for these guys and their ideas.
Agree with the fact that boys get away with a lot of taboo stuff in our culture, while we put a tight rein on our daughters. It's pretty sad.
Re: Raising Families in a non-muslim environment
Desi community is a big player in this. We have tried our best to stay in cities where there is a large Pakistani population. We meet, have play dates where children learn that their's is not the only weird family in town who prays and has food and clothes restrictions. When other Muslim kids come over, they pray namaz together. Kids also go to Sunday Madrassah and some families send their kids to Islamic school. I see a lot of teenage kids volunteering at the Sunday Madrassah too.