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Originally Posted by nooni
I actually have a sincere question that i have always wanted to ask to those who want to move to Muslim countries and say they want to raise their children in an Islamic society. this is a sincere question: what makes you so sure that your children will not be corrupt by the much growing "western culture" that is captivating the youth in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or any Muslim country?
im not agaisnt anyone moving away to muslim countries, may Allah(SWT) make things easier on them but this just seems to be the main reason why people want to go.
I personally noe of two families, one moved to Saudi and the other Egypt for the reason that they wanted to raise their kids in an Islamic environment. Both families came back to America later and their children were totally westernized because of how much western influence (on tv, media, talking to other kids around them) is found in Saudi and Egyptian culture.
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Most of the people I know who engaged in hijra were those who moved into areas of the Muslim world that had very little interaction with Western culture. The Emigrants that I know do not watch television or listen to music or go to movies and they wouldn't allow their children to do that either. I'm not clear how their children would interact with "Western" culture in the absence of mass media, so I don't think it would be a problem. Typically, if you live in a zawiyah or maddrasseh, its fairly isolated from the rest of the country, let alone the world.
I also think we need to distinguish xenophobic migration and hijra. Hijra is solely for the sake of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala). When I was a kid, my parents always threatened to move me to Pakistan whenever I misbehaved. I wouldn't qualify that as hijra. Thats a cultural reaction.