I think the element that makes Islam so successful, in the Arab world at least, is that it isn’t a reading culture. There’s no bedtime stories, no trips to the local public library-love of reading isn’t instilled in children (#NotAll). They’re encouraged to read just one book /1
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Are you from a Muslim majority country? Is this true for your culture as well? Our bookshelves were full growing up, but they were all religious books. How was it in your family? /2
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @ConfessionsExMu
I think this is half true; I was raised in a religious family; we were being told bedtime stories daily, we had a library home and at school (and continuously encouraged to read as possible) the idea is: all this was about islam and quran. Brainwashing at its finest
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Replying to @TaherFarshoukh
Yes. Sounds like my upbringing. Only religious books. Where did you grow up? Were there public libraries there? Some Arab homes encourage reading, but it’s not a societal norm. For ex, no public libraries.
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @ConfessionsExMu
I was raised in lebanon, my father a shaikh and mom holds a PHD in islamic studies and finance. I memorized 80% of the quran by the age of 13; i read half of our home library around 300-400 books. Actually, i appreciate all this reading that with a drop of logic, magic happened.
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Ya, my experience was similar. My mom was a student at Al Azhar. Everything was very black and white, so one inconsistency is all it took for it all to come tumbling down. Do they know you’re not Muslim? How did they react?
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @TaherFarshoukh
I’ve followed you, so you can respond privately
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