Things that Should be taught more in Muslim Communities All Around the World

Although Muslim Communities do their best to teach Islam and how to live a pious life to the best of their abilities. They often don't take enough time to establish a good understanding about controversial / taboo topics. This leaves misinformed people who then push their culture and own ideals making it seem like that's what Islam teaches. It often goes so far that unbelievable things happen which could've been prevented with basic education. So here's a list of things I truly believe should be taught more nowadays:

1. Discuss Racism, Colorism, Classism and why it's wrong


Islam doesn't teach us to divided each other by race, ethnicity, skin color, social class, etc, yet somehow so many Muslims have it engraved in their head that they are better than people that are different from them. It gets to the point where you can't become friends with people of a certain race or marry a Muslim that's a different ethnicity. It's ridiculous and it teaching the wrong thing to the younger generation of Muslims as well as gives non Muslims the wrong impression of what we are.  

2. Women's Rights



No one talks about female rights, ever. I only learned about it once I actually researched it myself because I was tired of feeling insignificant in my own community. I never knew how much mother's were respected and how women had the right to their own hard owned money. Mehr was never spoken about, if anything due to mixing culture with Islam, often times hefty dowry's were given to the men instead. Sexual Harassment and Rape wasn't spoken about. Every time it was brought up, it felt like a way to blame women on the way they dress as if men not being able to control themselves wasn't the problem. Women are a large part of the Ummah, it's time to recognize us and all that we do for it and speak about some of mistreatment we go through to bring awareness. 

3. Marriage


Literally, people made arranged marriage seem like forced marriage and scared the young generation away from the idea of it. No one clarified that in arranged marriages, you can get to know who you marry (under supervision of family members of course) and you don't have to marry the first person you meet, you can say yes or no to the marriage. This has a lot to do with the fact that in Bangladesh, many marriages are very forced  and the future spouses have little to no chance to speak/ get to know each other before marriage. We know that's due to culture, but if it's not stressed by Religious People looked up to by the community, and the outcome it a lot of crazy activity. By this I mean dating, running away from the parents, cheating after marriage, and a terrible home life. To prevent this we need to normalize talking about marriage and not forcing your preferences upon your kids.

4. Land and Property Rights


This is such a scary topic. People will literally kill their family for a slice of land. It's so awful that literally wealth and property can make us turn on each other. I am pretty sure their are rules to how you split land among family members but people just don't know (or choose to ignore). If it is pushed by prominent religious figures to not be so greedy with land, then maybe there would be less murder cases in Bangladesh. (I'm joking...kinda)

5. Life After Marriage   


This is a whole topic in itself. So many people are unhappy after marriage. They don't know how communicate, be intimate, etc. An unhappy marriage will result in kids that will have to grow up in that sort of unhappy environment. Religious figures should stress the importance of finding peace in your relationship, getting to know each other after marriage, and stress being affectionate. Also, no one teaches parents how to raise their kids with Islam. Sometimes parents get mad at their children for doing things they never specified was wrong so it's a big responsibility that new parents need to understand.  

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