Spent a wonderful afternoon teaching non-Muslim children (aged 5-12 yrs old) and their teachers about the Holy Month of Ramadhan and Hijab. The children enjoyed the puppet show and an English nasheed about the month of Ramadhan and had lots of opportunities to ask the puppets (and me!) some very thought-provoking questions. Despite their young age, the children were able to easily grasp the fact that fasting makes us more aware of the difficulties faced by the less fortunate, that this holy month is a month of giving charity and the month in which our holy book was revealed. I could easily see that this was an experience that they will remember for a long time to come. They were very interested to understand about why women wear hijab, who is Allah (swt), what is the name of the Holy book, what is a lunar calendar and what do Muslims do in this month. We discussed the importance of treating others with respect, about asking questions to understand why people of different faiths do things differently and about living together in harmony despite our differences. Many children were very intrigued and thrilled to meet the puppets and promised to check out our programs from Ahlulbayt tv and Zamana tv etc on youtube :)
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:28:27 +0000
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