Recent Posts Tagged With family life

• Video: Growing Up Muslim in America

  Posted on Saturday July 14th, 2007 at 06:38 pm in girls, family life, identities, muslim parenting in the west, fathering, preteens and teens, growing kids

  The following is a talk given at Masjid Omar al-Farouk in Orange County, California (USA). The speaker is Br. Shareef el-Arbi, a community youth leader. Br. Shareef speaks about his experiences growing up in the US, as well as what he has come to kno...

• Teenage Marriage

  Posted on Sunday June 24th, 2007 at 03:55 pm in family life, muslim parenting in the west, preteens and teens

  My husband and I ended up talking a lot about the suggestion presented by Soundvision that parents should encourage their teens to marry in order to safeguard them and their faith. Again, it may be our cultural bias, but we are having trouble thinkin...

• Infertility and Islam

  Posted on Friday June 22nd, 2007 at 08:52 pm in family life, fathering, just for sisters, pregnancy and birth

  The Islam and Infertility website is a comprehensive guide aimed at helping Muslim couples struggling with conceiving a child. The website authors write,”In many Muslim communities it is often considered a taboo to discuss the topic of infertil...

• Blog Dispatch: An American Family's Blog

  Posted on Wednesday June 20th, 2007 at 02:51 pm in family life, identities, muslim parenting in the west, blog dispatches

  Okay, so An American Family's Blog, is quite different from the other Muslim parents and family blogs I usually read for this site. It is the brainchild of Hijabman of Muslim t-shirt fame. It seems that he is part of a very tight-knit “eight-pe...

• A Different Kind of Baby Shower

  Posted on Saturday June 16th, 2007 at 11:58 am in family life, just for sisters, pregnancy and birth

  As I am fast approaching my due date (insha'Allah) one of my friends threw a baby shower for me. Not being materialistic/consumerists sorts my husband and I felt it really important that it not be an occasion for which the sisters felt they needed to...

• The Qur'an and Our Relationship with Our Parents

  Posted on Friday June 15th, 2007 at 06:48 pm in learning, family life, religious instruction

  The following ayat (in translation) truly encapsulates how God wants us to treat our parents: 'Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to t...

• Article: Setting Limits for Your Kids This Summer

  Posted on Thursday June 14th, 2007 at 06:52 pm in family life, muslim parenting in the west, growing kids

  Setting Limits for Your Kids This Summer By Christina Lemmey Children see their summer vacation as a time for relaxing, playing, and having more freedom. There's no schoolwork, friends want to just hang out, and doing chores or having a strict schedu...

• Article: The Difficulties of Being a Muslim Dad

  Posted on Monday June 11th, 2007 at 06:48 am in family life, muslim parenting in the west, fathering, just for sisters

  We all know that being a mother can be quite a responsibility and indeed burden - this is acknowledged several times in the Qur'an. But as Hesham Hassaballa spotlights in his article, 'The Difficulties of Being A Muslim Dad,' that Muslim fathers also...

• Childrens' Ramadan Activities

  Posted on Monday September 25th, 2006 at 11:32 am in family life, religious instruction

  Assalamualaikum Ramadan Mubarak!! Here are some links to kids' Ramadan activities: Really great ideas (many focused on observance instead of just crafts or decoration tips) from Saraji Umm Zaid http://www.modernmuslima.com/ramadanfun.htm Ramadan...

• Article: The Difficulties of Being a Muslim Dad

  Posted on Tuesday August 15th, 2006 at 08:13 am in family life, muslim parenting in the west, fathering, just for sisters

  We all know that being a mother can be quite a responsibility and indeed burden - this is acknowledged several times in the Qur'an. But as Hesham Hassaballa spotlights in his article, “The Difficulties of Being A Muslim Dad,” that Muslim...

• Kids and Prayer Times

  Posted on Sunday August 6th, 2006 at 05:57 am in family life, health and nutrition, muslim parenting in the west

  I'm curious as to how you [parents out there] handle fajr and ishaa with your kids. Do you wake them up for fajr? If you do, how old were they when you started doing so? Do they go back to sleep after the prayer? How does interrupting their sleep...