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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 651275" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>There really isn't Islamic way of child raring any more than there is Christian way of child raring or atheist way of child raring.</p><p></p><p>In parenting practises cultural tradition, ideals, what kind of upbringing parents themselves have had etc. are much more influential than religion. Many things western people consider Islamic are actually typical to some local culture (for example female circumcision is not an Islamic thing, but tradition primarily in certain areas in Africa and all religious groups in those areas practise it more or less.) Of course our religious views affect how we raise our children, but often differences in that are just as huge inside different religions than between them.</p><p></p><p>Often our understanding of foreign cultures and religious groups outside of our own experience is much more homogeneous than those cultures and religions actually are. In our neighbourhood there is a family, who belong to same church we do, though a certain sect not popular in our area, but to same church nevertheless and attend to same services etc. as we do, who consider things like contraception (even when mother is in danger and even using celibate as contraceptive measure), any kind of measures to make themselves more attractive (make up, hair dye, jewellery etc.), sports (either as a spectator or participating), many art forms (theatre, movies, modern music, dance etc.), owning or watching tv, dating without intention to marry, hand holding or kissing before marriage and many other things sinful or unwarranted. And yes, they are about our age and have 17 kids and counting. And we are from same country (which is considered homogeneous by outsiders) and belong to same Church which already represents only a very small percentage of Christians world wide.</p><p></p><p>Islam, or even just an Arab culture, is far from homogeneous too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 651275, member: 14557"] There really isn't Islamic way of child raring any more than there is Christian way of child raring or atheist way of child raring. In parenting practises cultural tradition, ideals, what kind of upbringing parents themselves have had etc. are much more influential than religion. Many things western people consider Islamic are actually typical to some local culture (for example female circumcision is not an Islamic thing, but tradition primarily in certain areas in Africa and all religious groups in those areas practise it more or less.) Of course our religious views affect how we raise our children, but often differences in that are just as huge inside different religions than between them. Often our understanding of foreign cultures and religious groups outside of our own experience is much more homogeneous than those cultures and religions actually are. In our neighbourhood there is a family, who belong to same church we do, though a certain sect not popular in our area, but to same church nevertheless and attend to same services etc. as we do, who consider things like contraception (even when mother is in danger and even using celibate as contraceptive measure), any kind of measures to make themselves more attractive (make up, hair dye, jewellery etc.), sports (either as a spectator or participating), many art forms (theatre, movies, modern music, dance etc.), owning or watching tv, dating without intention to marry, hand holding or kissing before marriage and many other things sinful or unwarranted. And yes, they are about our age and have 17 kids and counting. And we are from same country (which is considered homogeneous by outsiders) and belong to same Church which already represents only a very small percentage of Christians world wide. Islam, or even just an Arab culture, is far from homogeneous too. [/QUOTE]
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