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Elma Ruth Harder
in consultation with
Muzaffar Iqbal
ISBN 0-9738744-1-4
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Paperback, pp. 316
Price in Canada: Cnd $ 50.00 (plus GST and shipping)
All others: US $50.00 (plus shipping)
Concentric Circles—Nurturing Awe and Wonder in Early Childhood provides a clear and practical approach to planning, organizing and
facilitating the learning experience for young Muslim children.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Book
What is it about?
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Muslim Education Foundation (MEF) is dedicated to providing authentic Islamic educational resources and professional development training to educators.
- These resources are developed using primary sources and are based on the Qurʾānic worldview which considers every human being to have been born on the innate nature (fiṭra).
- This natural disposition is imbued with sound reason, a marked tendency to be and do good, recognize and serve the Creator. Our lived experiences may distort or enhance these innate dispositions. Education allows us to maintain a healthy relationship with this innate fiṭra.
- MEF approach to education is based on this fundamental philosophy and it is guided by the First Principles.
Why MEF in Canada?
Muslims in Canada are a distinct community because of their faith. Like many other Muslim communities living in the West, the Canadian Muslim community has emerged through a unique historical process unknown in history until the twentieth century: there has never been a time when Muslims have lived in such close proximity to non-Muslims in the West. This peculiar situation poses certain challenges as well as provides certain opportunities to Muslim communities in the West, quite distinct from those... (read more)
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