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OP - April 05, 2013, 05:55 PM

So I was just thinking of something I haven't thought about for many years. Probably because I've repressed the memory for so long. Going to madrasa i.e. Islamic class whilst I was growing up here in the UK. For 7 years of my childhood, 2 hours a day, I had to read the qu'ran and learn about Islam from Imams/Ustads who usually came from Pakistan/Arabia and well... let's just say weren't accustomed to how things worked here and brought their own ways with them. Making a mistake in reciting the qu'ran and getting beat up for it was not uncommon. It wasn't until recently actually that I realized it was a salafi madrasa. We were taught really ridiculous things like not drawing humans, wearing trousers above the ankles and although it was never explicity stated, we were taught not to mix with non-muslims and to hate them. I was an inquisitive child and so although what they taught during my formative years could have affected me, luckily it didn't. Anyway, please share your experiences of madrasa.

P.S has anyone heard of the whole wearing your trousers above your ankles? I've seen a few hadith saying "save your ankles frm the hell-fire". What does this mean?
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Reply #1 - April 05, 2013, 06:56 PM

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Making a mistake in reciting the qu'ran and getting beat up for it was not uncommon.

With that I can relate, I was no good at tajweed so I got plenty beatings for mispronunciation.
I also did the Madrassah from grade 1 to 7 and learnt Tauheed, Fiqh, history, Arabic - forgotten about 95% of it
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Reply #2 - April 05, 2013, 07:37 PM

Hello, I have always heard about the ankles thing. It is very common all the time, including my own madrasa. It is in the hadith.
Anyways, I remember my teacher making me become like a chicken.
You have to crouch and put your hands around your ears while putting them through your legs...yeah it's disgusting
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Reply #3 - April 05, 2013, 07:40 PM

There were quite a few teachers in my old Madrassah. Unfortunately I was lumped with the one who would rant about how Bin Laden was innocent and how Britain and America are doomed and Israel is shaitan etc. He also used to tell us outlandish stories about his own islamic experiences, particular highlights were the one about the woman with the large dog which used to growl at him, and how he guided her to Islam (I don't think anyone took that one seriously), and how memorizing the Quran 'cured' his need for glasses (he was wearing them a week later). But my all time favorite was how he used to say 'I no taking any money to teach you' (and yes, those were his exact words), yet saw him recieving shitloads to banknotes in the mosque office.
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Reply #4 - April 05, 2013, 07:45 PM

Is the ankle thing to encourage flees and midges to bite you there?

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

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Reply #5 - April 06, 2013, 12:14 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE4ivwvuEp4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Reply #6 - April 06, 2013, 01:41 AM

^ the vids on that channel are hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjjB5OMSBs

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