UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION OF A MUSLIMAH

Abstract

Upbringing and education represents a complex process in which man's spiritual strengths are affirmed. Islamic upbringing and education incontrovertibly relates to both men and women. With such an approach to teaching one cannot separate knowledge from upbringing. The final intention of upbringing and education is not world domination but a deep understanding that learning only for the sake of God and for .the benefit of men is worth the effort The concept of mass education in the recent centuries has reduced the educational process to a mere acquisition of knowledge as a set of a great number of fact s, and the schools have been used as testing ground for different ideological models. The rea lity is much more complex and requires of us to face the challenges which threaten to destroy t he oases of .traditional upbringing and education A question emerges: do we have a strategy for coping with ?the modern sickness and challenges Needless to say, our goal is a self-confident and educated Muslimah rooted in the spirit of traditional Islamic culture. A more serious and systematic approach to this problem is needed and the institution of the Islamic Community must seek out new ways of solving the problem of education of the .wider female population In short, our discussion about upbringing and education of a Muslimah cannot circumvent the question of how a woman is treated within the Islamic community and how prepared is the Islamic community to deal with modern challenges.