Every social set up has certain needs and wants it has to fulfill. There are plenty of social and administrative responsibilities of government as well as civil society at large to help minor segments of society live at par with the rest of the spectrums in the social combination. Even in the modern times, people find it very difficult to find some space for them in the larger social set up if they belong to some special community or a smaller segment of society. Hence, it is collective responsibility of the society and government to work on that.
The case of Muslim population living abroad, outside of their homeland is a clearer example of that. Every one of us knows that there are certain issues, which are very sensitive for the Muslims with regards to their strict adherence to their religious teachings. For further endorsement of the issue, I present the example of child education for the Muslim expatriates. In the typical Islamic society, the Islamic schools are established to help the kids in learning the primary and fundamentals of Islam. Furthermore, those schools help them understand the important aspects of daily life in context of Islamic teachings.
However, when these people go abroad or outside of their country for whatever reason may be, they have to face certain challenges. Particularly when the host country is non Muslim, the most critical issue they face is early education of their kids. Here comes the role of charities and non governmental organization that work for the betterment of some particular segment and attainment of collective goals. The Islamic schools in Manchester are a clearer example of this as they have been established by some special and dedicated organization to help this pretty large segment of the society in meeting their basic need.
You can find various glorious examples of the organizations that are working for some common and socially sensitive issue. Hanifah community is among those ones, which are dedicatedly working in various areas to help the society at large and Muslims in particular in managing their lives in a pretty favorable manner. It is dedicatedly working for the cause of education and offers preschool and small school services to help the Muslim parents in easier way. It not only offers educational services but also offers various community training programs that are aimed at helping people live amicably with other communities.
In short, we can say that there is a need for the proper educational structure for the Muslim kids to learn and know about their religion and adopt the ethics. In this regard, the Muslim charities and community training organizations can far more helpful than any other stakeholder. The organizations like Hanifah Community are indeed a great relief for Muslims in United Kingdom as it helps them in managing various affairs of their daily and social lives.
There are various Islamic schools in Manchester that are dedicatedly working to offer educational services for the Muslim kids in a very professional manner.
Bilingual Muslims children have a right, as much as any other faith group, to be taught their culture, languages and faith alongside a mainstream curriculum. More faith schools will be opened under sweeping reforms of the education system in England. There is a dire need for the growth of state funded Muslim schools to meet the growing needs and demands of the Muslim parents and children. Now the time has come that parents and community should take over the running of their local schools. Parent-run schools will give the diversity, the choice and the competition that the wealthy have in the private sector. Parents can perform a better job than the Local Authority because parents have a genuine vested interest. The Local Authority simply cannot be trusted.
The British Government is planning to make it easier to schools to "opt out" from the Local Authorities. Muslim children in state schools feel isolated and confused about who they are. This can cause dissatisfaction and lead them into criminality, and the lack of a true understanding of Islam can ultimately make them more susceptible to the teachings of fundamentalists like Christians during the middle ages and Jews in recent times in Palestine. Fundamentalism is nothing to do with Islam and Muslim; you are either a Muslim or a non-Muslim.
There are hundreds of state primary and secondary schools where Muslim pupils are in majority. In my opinion all such schools may be opted out to become Muslim Academies. This mean the Muslim children will get a decent education. Muslim schools turned out balanced citizens, more tolerant of others and less likely to succumb to criminality or extremism. Muslim schools give young people confidence in who they are and an understanding of Islam's teaching of tolerance and respect which prepares them for a positive and fulfilling role in society. Muslim schools are attractive to Muslim parents because they have better discipline and teaching Islamic values. Children like discipline, structure and boundaries. Bilingual Muslim children need Bilingual Muslim teachers as role models during their developmental periods, who understand their needs and demands.
None of the British Muslims convicted following the riots in Bradford and Oldham in 2001 or any of those linked to the London bombings had been to Islamic schools. An American Think Tank studied the educational back ground of 300 Jihadists; none of them were educated in Pakistani Madrasas. They were all Western educated by non-Muslim teachers. Bilingual Muslim children need bilingual Muslim teachers as role models. A Cambridge University study found that single-sex classes could make a big difference for boys. They perform better in single-sex classes. The research is promising because male students in the study saw noticeable gains in the grades. The study confirms the Islamic notion that academic achievement is better in single-sex classes.
Iftikhar Ahmad
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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