What is an Islamic School?

Full-time Islamic schools are the most recent phenomenon of the Islamic education movement in the world, and represent a shift towards a more comprehensive approach towards preserving Islamic identity for the community at large, and for the children more specifically.

The mission of full-time Islamic schools can be thought of along two tracks: defensive and proactive. The defensive line strives to “shield” and “protect” the children from any harmful influences that are antithetical to the Islamic moral system. The proactive line seeks to nurture the intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual growth of Muslim children with the hope of producing confident, competent individuals who can go out into society and contribute positively without compromising their Islamic beliefs and/or practices.