Coexistence and mutual respect: it is never too early to teach them
My Muslim friend: A young Catholic learns about Islam
As a father I know I can never be sure if my children are going to adopt my religious beliefs or not. I am praying that they would see the beauty in my religion, Islam, as much as I see it. But in the end they will have to find their own path. This is the way I want them to be anyway. Being part of a religion just because you were brought up within that religion does not make you a believer. Making your own informed, free-will decision to actively subscribe to a belief system is what you will be rewarded for, as least to my simple mind.
The one thing that I definitely believe that parents succeed in ‘indoctrinating’ their children in — mostly subconsciously — is the concept of coexistence, tolerance and respect for ‘the others’. The early-age teaching of,…
