How To Raise Young Muslims in a Land Built Against Them | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Most people believe what the people around them believe, and Muslim children are no exception. A child who watches a parent jump up from the dinner table because a prayer is about to pass learns that Allah is real in that house. A child who watches prayer times come and go learns something too, and eventually concludes that their parents never really believed it either.Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy talks about how the need to belong is human nature, and that a Muslim community should put it to work for the truth instead of fighting it. The home comes first, because children form their picture of Allah largely from how their parents treat them. The masjid comes next, as the extended family most of us no longer have. Beyond it are neighbours who know you well enough to defend you.Your children are already deciding what you believe. They are deciding it at prayer time.0:00 - Why faith, family and fraternity4:31 - Why children of Muslim immigrants drift from Islam7:03 - How parents pass faith to their children9:47 - Where children get their image of God11:54 - The masjid as the extended family we lost14:46 - Finding a spouse when Muslims are 1% of the country17:21 - Why Muslims shouldn’t isolate from their neighbors18:52 - When the neighbors defend the masjid