Days of the Week
I am in the midst of preparing for the next school year and going through the manuals have been interesting. One point is the history of how the days of the week are named. Apparently, Tuesday to Saturday are named after pagan gods. and the week has biblical influences.Hmm....how am I gonna do this?
Do I skip?
However, I realise that this will not be the only time when I have to contend to explain to my children how sometimes things that we encounter in our daily life are not in line with our faith. Just as I don't skip why people burn joss sticks and hell money or pray to idols, the children have to be taught how Islam views these practices and not be kept in a nutshell.
By doing so, I hope they will not just accept what is considered the norm in our secular society but to study these norms and react to them in a way that a good Muslim should and where possible to change these norms and make them Islamic.
So, we are going to do Creation in Islam first, the Muslim calendar and then the regular one.Wallahu a'lam
Do I skip?
However, I realise that this will not be the only time when I have to contend to explain to my children how sometimes things that we encounter in our daily life are not in line with our faith. Just as I don't skip why people burn joss sticks and hell money or pray to idols, the children have to be taught how Islam views these practices and not be kept in a nutshell.
By doing so, I hope they will not just accept what is considered the norm in our secular society but to study these norms and react to them in a way that a good Muslim should and where possible to change these norms and make them Islamic.
So, we are going to do Creation in Islam first, the Muslim calendar and then the regular one.Wallahu a'lam
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