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Islam, Youth, and Modernity in The Gambia: The Tablighi Jama'at is an ethnographic account examining the Tablighi Jama'at movement within The Gambia.Authored by Marloes Janson and published by Cambridge University Press in 2013, the book investigates the intricacies of Tablighi members' lives, presenting insights into how the movement shapes established Islamic practices, authority structures ...
The topic of Islam and children includes Islamic principles of child development, the rights of children in Islam, the duties of children towards their parents, and the rights of parents over their children, both biological and foster children. Islam identifies three distinct stages of child development, each lasting 7 years, from age 0-21.
The Asian Federation of Muslim Youth (AFMY; Malay: Persekutuan Belia Islam Asia), [1] which was formally established in 2001/1422H, is an umbrella organisation of the Muslim youth and student organisations working at the national level in the Asian continent.
WAMY aims to introduce Islam to non-Muslims in its "purest form as a comprehensive system and way of life" and "to establish a relationship of dialogue, understanding and appreciation between other faith organizations". [8] It organizes conferences, symposia, workshops and research circles to address youth and students issues.
Education has played a central role in Islam since the beginnings of the religion, owing in part to the centrality of scripture and its study in the Islamic tradition. Before the modern era, education would begin at a young age with study of Arabic and the Quran .
Futuwwa (Arabic: فتوة, "young-manliness") [1] was a conception of adolescent moral behavior around which myriad institutions of Medieval confraternity developed. With characteristics similar to chivalry and virtue, these communal associations of Arab men gained significant influence as stable social units that exerted religious, military, and political influence in much of the Islamic world.
"To the Youth in Europe and North America" is an online open letter written on 21 January 2015 by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [1] [2] [3] According to Al-Monitor, it may be the first time that young people in the West have been directly addressed by a senior Muslim cleric about his religion.
Under the customary tribal law existing in Pre-Islamic Arabia women, as a general rule, had virtually no legal status; fathers sold their daughters into marriage for a price, women had little or no property or succession rights. Upper-class women usually had more rights than tribal women and might own property or even inherit from relatives. [40]