The Miracle of Life
By Fatima M. D'Oyen
Paperback 102 Pages
Published by The Islamic Foundation UK A practical guide on sexual health education and traditional family values for young Muslims A practical guide on sexual health education and traditional family values for young Muslims growing up in todays world. Recommended for children between the ages of 8 and 13 as well as their parents and teachers (Key Stages 2 & 3). First book of its kind which tackles sex education from an Islamic perspective. Topics like menstruation, adolescent biological changes and sexually transmitted diseases, for instance, smack of no complex medical jargon. The entire book is written in a clear, concise style, that is easy to understand.
Other issues discussed include discrimination against baby girls in some families, homosexuality, personal hygiene and teenage peer pressure and friendships.
D'Oyen candidly talks about incest, rape and sexual harassment, and clearly criticizes practices even in Muslim countries which can lead to such practices (i.e. family members sleeping together in the same bed after the age of 10). Fatima M D'Oyen, an American Muslimah who converted to Islam more than 20 years ago, has worked in obstetrics and newborn intensive care nursing,
The book is aimed at Muslims growing up in the West and their parents, and takes into account this cultural factor. This is why it talks about the theory of evolution (passed off as fact in virtually all public schools in North America) and in contrast presents the Islamic view of the beginning of human life, for example. Another instance is D'Oyen's promotion of a gradual approach to wearing Hijab for Muslim women, as opposed to harsh condemnation of those who don't wear it.
ISBN: 0-86037-262-6
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