Childhood In The Muslim World

Excerpt from Childhood in the Moslem World Mohammed was, without doubt, one of the greatest religious leaders that the world has ever seen. He was a genius and a poet, a reformer and a great warrior. But Mohammed could never have said, "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." His book, his life, his ideals, are not those of Him who placed a little child in the midst and gave the world of childhood an eternal inheritance of blessedness by His own Incarnation. The present wide and increasing interest in child welfare is due to Christianity, and makes the presentation of the facts here given in regard to Moslem childhood, timely. When the whole world has become one neighbourhood, no individual or race can live to itself. This is not a book for children, but about children. It could not be a book for them if it dealt faithfully and fearlessly with the real conditions as observed by eye-witnesses in many lands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Childhood in the Moslem World Based on Moslem ethics - The Moslem idea of God and of Mohammed De Boer' a testimony - The contrast to Christianity in literature - The Arabian Nights and Al Hariri Koran teaching on children Literature on etiquette Moslem saints not saintly The surround ings of the zenana - Degrading conversation Results in Arabia, Sumatra, West Africa Untruthfulness Koran teaching on the subject How moral actions are divided - The ceremonial law - The ten command ments Low ideals - A tainted atmos here - The heart of a. Moslem girl A brighter side 0 the picture Attemw to introduce Christian ethics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

De l'époque du Prophète à nos jours, de la Méditerranée occidentale au Proche-Orient, le présent ouvrage s'interroge sur la place qu'occupaient les enfants et les jeunes dans les sociétés du monde musulman. Œuvre collective, il s'appuie sur de multiples matériaux : textes de la Tradition (Coran, hadith), sources hagiographiques, opuscules à l'usage des princes, traités médicaux, ouvrages éthiques et didactiques, dictionnaires biographiques, stèles funéraires, relations de voyage et, pour ce qui est des sources contemporaines, poésies populaires, documents d'archives, règlements et manuels scolaires, directives pédagogiques, récits autobiographiques et souvenirs. Dans un va-et-vient entre le rappel des normes édictées et l'analyse des pratiques, il aborde des thèmes aussi variés que les représentations coraniques de la famille et de l'enfance ; la place du père et le rôle du maître spirituel ou de l'éducateur auprès des enfants ; l'éducation des filles et la morale sexuelle ; la transmission et l'acquisition du savoir ; les attitudes face à la mort des enfants et des jeunes ; l'éducation classique et moderne ; les âges de la vie et la question des générations ; l'encadrement de la jeunesse dans l'État moderne. Ainsi s'esquisse, au fil des évolutions et des mutations, une histoire sociale et culturelle de l'enfance et de la jeunesse dans le monde musulman.