03-24-2006, 07:40 PM
Bismillah
Arclight, I must say that u actually made some very interesting points here. To my surprise, you came up with points by instinct that are part of the Islamic teachings. Matter of fact, and with all due respect to all my bretheren who immigrated to Non Muslim countries in order to better their living standards ( I was discussing this with a Muslim brother the other day), according to Islamic teachings we are not allowed to immigrate (make Hijra) except for the sake of Allah, when we are not allowed to practice our religion where we live, if we find it difficult to practice where we live (no those are not similar points i will elbaborate later), or to carry out Dawa activities (call for the path of Allah). Other wise, we stay where we are and Allah Shall provide for us. BUt of course not every single Muslim is following Islamic teachings as they are supposed to be.
The reason of proposing Islamic schools, is that even under the previous conditions, we prefer to have boys and girls separate in schools. Not that we refuse to mix with non Muslims. We mix with them arclight even in our own countries. I have Christain co workers whom I mix with, I have Christian neigbours whom I greet for their feasts and occaisons. The idea of Islamic schools is not to detach Muslims from the community they live in, but rather allow children learn properly within an Islamic environment.
hope I helped. :)