They're certainly "coming for our children." But there's another threat we need to talk about.
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With protests outside schools, Mosque sermons, lectures and petitions being signed, it seems the Ummah is defending traditional Islamic values - finally.
The rainbow clan have aggressively worked targeting traditionalists, and mostly religious groups. With Muslims being the most committed to their scripture overall, it's expected that Muslims and their children will be a target.
And it's worth considering why parents are so protective over their cherished, little ones. Muslim parents have meticulously reared their children with many hopes. One of those hopes is grandchildren, and a continued lineage. Even if they're not thinking about life in two hundred years, they're highly likely to think about old age and picture who'll be around them at that stage of their life.
But many Muslims are thinking about life after death, and are quite rightly viewing their offspring as ongoing charity.
As the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said,
"“When a man dies, his good deeds come to an end, except three: Ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, and a righteous child who will pray for him.” (Muslim)
Having their child swept up in the LGBTQ+ fad could see Muslim parents have their hopes shattered, and little return on their parenting investment.
Similarly, Muslim offspring that don't enter the sacred bonds of marriage can provide a similar feeling to parents. And this is becoming much more common today.
For many, marriage is being pushed behind a career which may require intense devotion through most of an individual's twenties. The most fertile years of an individual are now being spent solely in an office with an apparent pursuit of happiness.
Other factors can include difficulties with earning potential (for males), which is hindering them entering the marriage market. Failing economies and increased living costs is pricing many men out of a marriage, and begrudgingly placing them in a position to marry only as they become middle-aged. Again, a delay in getting married places greater time pressure on having children and ultimately continuing the legacy.
A recent phenomenon (and most concerning factor for the Ummah at large) is the increasing number of individuals not wanting children. Whilst other points mentioned can be out of one's control, the choice and desire to refuse having children at all is anything but prophetic.
The Prophet (pbuh) said,
“Marry those who are loving and fertile, for I will be proud of your great numbers before the other nations.”
(classed as sahih, by al-Albani in Irwa al-Ghalil, 1784).
What all these barriers to marriage (some self-imposed) leads to is unmarried Muslims. As such, a higher number of Muslim families become extinct.
Whilst there's no data on the number of single Muslims, the sheer number of matrimony services, from Facebook groups to matrimony apps indicates many Muslims are single. Even worse, they're likely to be childless too.
Unmarried Muslims in their fifties and beyond with a hope of suddenly having children is high (as confirmed by the members here at conservematrimony.com), and for the Muslim community, this is a crisis.
There is the misconception picked up from statistics that many western nations will be majority-Muslim. Higher birth rates in comparison to non-religious communities has been cited as the main contributor to this. But that doesn't address the enormous number of single Muslims who are often overlooked by the Muslim community themselves.
It's time to right this wrong.
