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Brain Teasers Questions (Answers Below) 1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it? 2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?

Brain Teasers Questions (Answers Below) 1. There i...

True But Funny Facts (part 2) Cat's urine glows under a black light. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. The most common name in the world is Mohammad...

True But Funny Facts (part 2) Cat's urine glows un...

True But Funny Facts Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump." Women blink nearly twice as much as men. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs ...

True But Funny Facts Shakespeare invented the word...

Fascinating Facts The first mosque in the United States was founded in 1893 The 19th century American Muslim Muhammad Alexander Russell Webb found a mosque in what is now downtown Manhattan The largest Muslim community in the Western Hemisphere in th...

Fascinating Facts The first mosque in the United S...

The Miracle of Numbers In Qur'an Check this out, very interesting findings of scientists of Quranic sciences might grasp your attention: The scientists discovered some verses in the Holy Qur'an that mention one thing is equal to another, i.e. men are...

The Miracle of Numbers In Qur'an Check this out, v...

Rate of Literacy in Islamic Countries Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write Iran total population: 72.1% male: 78.4% female: 65.8% (1994 est.) Afghanistan total population: 31.5% male: 47.2% female: 15% (1995 est.) Algeria total p...

Rate of Literacy in Islamic Countries Literacy def...

The state of sex education in Muslim schools by Samana Siddiqui Islamic schools and sex education may seem like a contradiction for some. After all, don't parents send their kids to these schools to protect them from sex?

The state of sex education in Muslim schools by Sa...

Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids by Jan Hunt, M.Sc.In Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Italy, Israel, Germany and Austria, it is illegal for a parent, teacher, or anyone else to spank a child. In some states and provinc...

Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids by Jan Hunt, M.Sc.In ...

Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" (part 1) By Alfie Kohn Hang out at a playground, visit a school, or show up at a child's birthday party, and there's one phrase you can count on hearing repeatedly: "Good job!" Even tiny infants are praised for smac...

Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" (part 1) By Alf...

Memo from a Child to Parents 1. Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for. I'm only testing you. 2. Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it, it makes me feel secure. 3. Don't let me form bad habits. I have to re...

Memo from a Child to Parents 1. Don't spoil me. I ...

The Positive and Negative C's of Islamic Parenting (part 1) by Shahina Siddiqui One of the greatest challenges a Muslim will ever face is being a parent. This is one challenge, however, many of us are least prepared for. Allah tells us in the Quran t...

The Positive and Negative C's of Islamic Parenting...

Is it harder to raise boys or girls? By Paula Spencer

Is it harder to raise boys or girls? By Paula Spen...

Help Your Child Get Organized Most kids generate a little chaos and disorganization. Yours might flit from one thing to the next — forgetting books at school, leaving towels on the floor, and failing to finish projects once started. You'd like them t...

Help Your Child Get Organized Most kids generate a...

Kids and Smoking

Kids and Smoking

ABC of Parenting In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful A lways trust your children to Allah's care. B ring them to the Mosque. C hallenge them to high goals in deen. D elight in their achievements "Masha`Allah" E xalt Allah in ...

ABC of Parenting In the Name of Allah, the Most Be...

Practical Tips for Parenting Children In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Practical Tips for Parenting Children In the Name ...

How parents can help kids make friends but resist negative peer pressure by Shirley G. Moore As a child leaves infancy and approaches toddlerhood, one of the tasks parents face is introducing the child to the peer group. To be sure, parents are inter...

How parents can help kids make friends but resist ...

Do You Kiss Your Children? It is a matter of sadness that many children are denied the benefits of not having a grandparent to cherish and dote on them, to take them on journeys back in time and spin yarns for them. We say again that the trend toward...

Do You Kiss Your Children? It is a matter of sadne...

Story telling It may already have happened: When books, toys, songs, snacks, video games, and DVDs have lost their charm, your child pipes up with "I'm bored! Tell me a story, please." Your mind blanks and your child looks at you with anticipation. W...

Story telling It may already have happened: When b...

Advices from Lukman to his SonSurah Lukman verse 12-19 About Lukman there are different interpretation about him. He was most likely a righteous man of African descent and was a distinguished man among his people. There were three probabilities of wh...

Advices from Lukman to his SonSurah Lukman verse 1...

The Precious Moment: Teaching Children the Value of TimeBy Sahar Kassaimah

The Precious Moment: Teaching Children the Value o...