Muslim youth sometimes have many problems but they are not able to share it with their parents. Reason is desi parents don’t have a clue about western society and without any reason they start yelling at children. Why desi parents including me can’t do anything. Like if American parents have problems against bullying or drugs they have so much research and articles on it. But us Muslims don’t have much research done on how to raise a Muslim child in North America. The only thing I see is " maar Pete" “accusations” “cheekh pukar” no research, no articles, no humbleness.
Traditional way of teaching Islam doesn’t work well in West, we should have some research, some articles, some abcd aalims, and especially tolerant parents who can understand everything without getting emotional what to do.
Sta dont mind what I meant I love to hear our traditional aalims all the time like maulana Tariq jameel but teenagers cannot understand him until they are of certain age and they are not fluent I Urdu. Let me give you example I have online maulana for kids and he teaches them in asana Urdu and English about Islamiyat which they understand. But before we tried it with traditional madrasah alim he used to teach them in straight Urdu they e
were not understanding him, and then he used to yell at them which didn’t work also. And there is one problem as I have observed kids don’t have patience when we were kids I used to repeat my sabaq 10 times but today it takes too long for them
same problem with youth they are restless and they don’t understand Urdu, and they want to understand everything with logic.
Why would I mind? But Moulana Tariq Jameel does not run a traditional madarsa for the young Muslim kids of West, and neither he is specialized in youth(kid) Islamic affairs, and I did not understand your example. Second thing you also agree that he is appropriate for certain age, which definitely does not include kids.
Yes, online education is best option and I believe you are satisfied with it.
Kids are normally impatient, no wonder in this age we as adult are also impatient.
If we look at local home grown *shaikhs *like Noman Ali Khan/Yasir Qadhi, they are doing motivational and inspirational speeches and they are pretty popular in teenager/adults. I myself watch their lectures.
I personally think, young kids need stories and teacher/shaikh should aware of narration techniques which could grab kids attention in their language of communication.
Well UZ, I have a different perspective on this. I don’t think you can expect children born and raised outside of Pakistan/India to relate to that method of teaching. I am an advisor for our masjid’s youth group and believe me, you cannot expect these kids to understand an Urdu maulana’s teachings! You have to find other ways to engage them. There are plenty of up and coming alims and speakers (Nouman Ali Khan, for one) that youth can relate too.
The same with my own children. I don’t expect them to “repeat my sabaq 10 times”, and actually, since I myself am born and raised in the US too, my parents did not adapt traditional desi practices with us either. What they did do was to lead by example, and to work to help establish our first masjid on western practices (for example, Sunday School, women and children groups in the masjid..etc)
As far as Islamic teachings on saying no to drugs, alcohol,sex etc…I think that’s something that is for us parents teach as common sense. My husband and I already have conversations about all those issues with our kids, on an age approprite level, and then we back it up with deen.
I’m just speaking for myself here, but I don’t think it’s all that hard to raise kids to be good Muslims in western countries.
I lead a couple of committees at our local mosque here and have put together youth mentoring groups. We’re working on expanding them and offering more avenues. We offer coaching and mentorship through my school as well. At the end of the day, the responsibility falls on the community. Someone has to take a lead and identify problems and solutions. We can’t live our life blaming the system. We can become the system, especially for our children.
I recommend that you form a small group out of your mosque with the permission of your executive board. Present to them objectives and goals. I can tell you it will be well accepted considering that problems are real. There’s many muslims in the community now and I’m sure parents are seeking help from qualified people. Let me know if you need help.
I fail to understand why youth programs need to have religion and some maulvi in it all the time?
I mean religious education is great but it can’t be part of everything and everything should not shoehorn a religion angle to it.
if we are talking youth issues like bullying, peer pressure, cliques or sadly prejudice, exclusion, etc. you need someone who understands that stuff, and can counsel…properly…
takes different skills, expertise and training…otherwise why not just have maulvi sahib teach the kids to shoot free throws, hit a knuckle ball, or take a corner kick also.
The mosque my nieces and nephews go to read the Quran is taught by young english speaking local men, they teach the Quran with tajweed and at the end of term( after five weeks) the kids are also tested with questions from the text books which are given to them according to their age. Beside reading the Quran, children are taught about manners, how to perform salaat, the history of Islam. Children are also given homework e.g wordsearch, questionnaires. Parents are informed regularly about their child’s progress, which is why the parents have to give their child’s name a year before in order to get a place.
can’t do anything. Like if American parents have problems against bullying or drugs they have so much research and articles on it. But us Muslims don’t have much research done on how to raise a Muslim child in North America. The only thing I see is " maar Pete" “accusations” “cheekh pukar” no research, no articles, no humbleness.
But Moulana Tariq Jameel does not run a traditional madarsa for the young Muslim kids of West, and neither he is specialized in youth(kid) Islamic affairs, and I did not understand your example. Second thing you also agree that he is appropriate for certain age, which definitely does not include kids. 
