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    New Friends, New Places
    New Friends, New Places
    New Friends, New Places
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    New Friends, New Places

    By Susan Omar

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    New Friends, New Places is an exciting, adventurous account of a young British Muslim boy, Adam's stay on an Egyptian farm during his summer holidays. Apart from rejoicing in the simplicity and beauty of the countryside life and joy of a large, extended family, Adam learns more about Islam and what is means to be a Muslim, during his stay in Egypt.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Islamic Foundation
    Release dateJun 10, 2017
    ISBN9780860376835
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      New Friends, New Places - Susan Omar

      MUSLIM CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

      An Introduction

      Here is a new series of books, but with a difference, for children of all ages. Published by the Islamic Foundation, the Muslim Children’s Library has been produced to provide young people with something they cannot perhaps find anywhere else.

      Most of today’s children’s books aim only to entertain and inform or to teach some necessary skills, but not to develop the inner and moral resources. Entertainment and skills by themselves impart nothing of value to life unless a child is also helped to discover deeper meaning in himself and the world around him. Yet there is no place in them for God, Who alone gives meaning to life and the universe, nor for the divine guidance brought by His prophets, following which can alone ensure an integrated development of the total personality.

      Such books, in fact, rob young people of access to true knowledge. They give them no unchanging standards of right and wrong, nor any incentives to live by what is right and refrain from what is wrong. The result is that all too often the young enter adult life in a state of social alienation and bewilderment, unable to cope with the seemingly unlimited choices of the world around them. The situation is especially devastating for the Muslim child as he may grow up cut off from his culture and values.

      The Muslim Children’s Library aspires to remedy this deficiency by showing children the deeper meaning of life and the world around them; by pointing them along paths leading to an integrated development of all aspects of their personality; by helping to give them the capacity to cope with the complexities of their world, both personal and social; by opening vistas into a world extending far beyond this life; and, to a Muslim child especially, by providing a fresh and strong faith, a dynamic commitment, an indelible sense of identity, a throbbing yearning and an urge to struggle, all rooted in Islam. The books aim to help a child anchor his development on the rock of divine guidance, and to understand himself and relate to himself and others in just and meaningful ways. They relate directly to his soul and intellect, to his emotions and imagination, to his motives and desires, to his anxieties and hopes – indeed, to every aspect of his fragile, but potentially rich personality. At the same time it is recognized that for a book to hold a child’s attention, he must enjoy reading it; it should therefore arouse his curiosity and entertain him as well. The style, the language, the illustrations and the production of the books are all geared to this goal. They provide moral education, but not through sermons or ethical abstractions.

      Although these books are based entirely on Islamic teachings and the vast Muslim heritage, they should be of equal interest and value to all children, whatever their country or creed; for Islam is a universal religion, the natural path.

      Adults, too, may find much of use in them. In particular, Muslim parents and teachers will find that they provide what they have for so long been so badly needing. The books will include texts on the Qur’ān, the Sunnah and other basic sources and teachings of Islam, as well as history, stories and anecdotes for supplementary reading. The books are presented with full colour illustrations keeping in view the limitations set by Islam. New Friends, New Places relates a young British Muslim boy, Adam’s stay on an Egyptian farm during his summer holidays. It captures the beauty of simple Egyptian countryside life amidst an extended family. This visit helps Adam to learn more about Islam and what it means to be a Muslim.

      We invite parents and teachers to

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