DARE TO BLEND

Weaving Islam into Curriculum: A Muslim Educator’s Guide

Transform your classroom with purpose and spirituality

Your Guide to Purposeful Education

“Many Muslim children are like birds with one wing, unable to stand confidently in their Islamic identities, and thus hindered from reaching their full potential.”

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Introducing Fatima Hamza, an inspiring leader, born as the eldest of 17 siblings! After completing her education in the United Kingdom, with a degree in Accounting and Financial Management, she embarked on a successful career as a Commercial Manager and later as an Executive Director.

In 2003, Fatima embraced a new opportunity as the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Five years later, she returned home, stepping in as Head of Al-Amanah Academy during a critical time. It was here that she discovered her true passion—her IKIGAI: Empowering teachers to nurture young minds.

With an M.Sc. in Multidisciplinary Studies in Education, Fatima is committed to enhancing education and supporting humanitarian efforts as the CEO of Palms of Hope Foundation. She aims to transform parenting and education while preparing to launch her uplifting and transformational book, “Dare to Blend.” Get ready to be inspired by her remarkable journey!

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Inspiring Excerpts from Weaving Islam into Curriculum

Excerpt 1

“…The teacher will search for an appropriate Qur’aan Aayah, relevant to their topic, then recite the Aayah to the children in Arabic, and explain its meaning in English. The recitation should be short, focusing on the portion needed to convey the point. The teacher will then extract lessons and apply the message from the Aayah to the class topic. It is important to ensure that the class does not become entirely an Islamic knowledge lesson, ensuring retaining the main objectives of the lesson.

For example, in a Science class, where children are being taught that the conditions necessary for photosynthesis are water, sunlight, air (carbon dioxide), and chlorophyll pigment to absorb sunlight. However, the Quran reminds us in Surah Al-Waaqi’ah, Aayaat 63-65, that there is a fifth condition: Allaah’s will, and a sixth condition in Surah Al-A’araaf 57-58, gratitude to Allaah, for the water cycle. The plants will grow, thrive, survive, and produce oxygen and food only if Allaah wills and when we show gratitude to Allaah. The teacher will then teach the children the six conditions for photosynthesis, with the fifth and sixth being the most important…”

Excerpt 2

This principle is about teaching children to turn to Allaah in any situation, asking only of Allaah for anything at any time. And when asking of Allaah, they should be certain and recognise that He has the power to give, because all belongs to Him. Therefore, praise Him, invoking His beautiful Names and Attributes relevant to the ask. This is a forgotten but crucial aspect of worship, that endears one to Allaah and must be taught to the children. After all, Duaa’ is worship.

The objective is to teach children how to develop and nurture a special, intimate relationship with Allaah, building the strength of their Tawakkul through learning how to make du’a only to Allaah, invoking His Names, attributing blessings and favours to Him, and praising Him for them. The idea is to get the children used to invoking Allaah this way, so that it becomes second nature to them.

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Mirza Yawar Baig

"Everything begins with a thought. When the thought is about long-term benefits for all concerned, it becomes a vision. That is what “Dare to Blend” is. It is the “How” to those who know “Why.” The “How” is critical because the path to glory is littered with the ruins of those who failed, not because they were deficient in spirit and passion but because they did not know “How.” "

Jane Campbell

"بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dare to Blend

The author has skillfully, thoughtfully, thoroughly written this book as a manual for Islaamic Educators to seamlessly weave Islaamic teachings into all lesson plans.

The excellent style of writing clearly conveys the intentions and instructions with professional, yet personable, language such that it penetrates and connects to the readers' thinking.

Dare to Blend evaluates the current Islaamic based teaching methodologies, analyzing their benefits and disadvantages.

It offers the 'Five plus One' method of Lesson Plans Integration as the superior model.

The Lesson Plan methodologies presented in Dare to Blend are designed to embed enduring understandings of themes from the Qur'an and the Sunnah in the students, according to the teaching styles of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم

Dare to Blend lays out a roadmap for Islaamic Educators to effectively evaluate their current practices, integrate Islaamic teachings into lesson plans, and redesign their curricula to achieve these crucial goals."