Annotated Bibliography
Alkouatli, C. (2023). “We’re Trying to Raise Muslim Kids, Right?” Muslim Educators’ Narratives of Human Development. Cognition and Instruction, 41(1), 32–60.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2022.2073355
Alkouati shows the perspective of Muslim educators on human development. It highlights the unique difficulties and resources that Muslim parents in Canada experience. She also emphasizes that there is little empirical research exploring human development in a Muslim household.
Behrman, J. A., & Erman, J. (2019). An exploration of differences in ideal family size between Muslim and non-Muslim women in France. Demographic Research, 41, 617–648.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26850662
This paper dives into why Muslim women usually have more children than non-Muslim women in France. It explores the socioeconomic and sociocultural factors leading to bigger family sizes. The authors concluded that it is due to religious ideals. This text will be used to point out how family sizes in Muslim households affect children.
Benaouda Bensaid. (2021). An Overview of Muslim Spiritual Parenting. Religions, 12(12), 1057.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12121057
This article by Benaouda Bemsaid highlights how the life of Muslim individuals and families often revolves around fundamental spirituality. Muslim parents try to find ways to raise their children in a nurturing way while teaching them Islamic values. It is a theoretical study that explores holistic spiritual parenting combined with modernity that a lot of Muslim parents are now following.
Blumenthal, R. (2012). LOOKING FOR HOME IN THE ISLAMIC DIASPORA OF AYAAN HIRSI ALI, AZAR NAFISI, AND KHALED HOSSEINI. Arab Studies Quarterly, 34(4), 250–264.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/41858711
This article by Rachel Blumenthal explores why Muslims in the diaspora are conflicted between following Western or Islamic ideals. It analyzes texts from both moderate and extremist Muslims discussing their path towards assimilation or keeping their home as Islamic as possible. This article will be used to show different perspectives of how Muslim homes are throughout the Western world.
Bornstein, M. H., Putnick, D. L., Lansford, J. E., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Tirado, L. M. U., Zelli, A., & Alampay, L. P. (2017). ‘Mixed blessings’ Parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 58(8), 880–892.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12705
This article explores the effects of religion on parenting and child development. The study came to the conclusion that parents’ religion can have positive and negative effects on their children. Religious parents are often more controlling but create structure.
Boyle, H. N. (2006). Memorization and Learning in Islamic Schools. Comparative Education Review, 50(3), 478–495.
https://doi.org/10.1086/504819
This article dives into the culture of Islamic schools. Boyle points out how both non-Muslims and Muslims have criticized such schools for “creating terrorists” and being extremists. She states that this belief only applies to a very small percentage of Islamic schools, and it should not be a generalization. This article is helpful because it shows the teaching of Islamic values outside the household.
English, H. B. (1926). The Conflict between Science and Religion. The Scientific Monthly, 23(5), 423–426.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/7418
This journal article explores the historical circumstances of the emergence of the dual categories of science and religion. Both concepts can coexist with a level of discernment because they do not always cancel each other. Horace English also claims that science has somewhat replaced religion.
Evans, J. H. (2018). The Academic Analysts of the Relationship Between Religion and Science. In Morals Not Knowledge: Recasting the Contemporary U.S. Conflict between Religion and Science (1st ed., pp. 44–62). University of California Press.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt2204r5c.6
This chapter touches on the relationship between science and religion. It takes the historian and sociologist perspective of analyzing systematic knowledge conflict. The chapter is helpful because the childhood book discussed in my research paper claims that the Quran has many scientific facts.
Hussain, J. (2018). CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS OF MUSLIM PARENTS RAISING THEIR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES (Publication No. 19929) [Doctoral dissertation, Texas Woman’s University].
https://twu-ir.tdl.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/1ce8fe64-b527-4da3-b966-e66a5ab3d795/content
This dissertation discusses the challenges and strengths of raising a Muslim child in the United States. It focuses on the perspective of 15 Muslim parents who are all immigrants. It also highlights the difficulty of balancing American and Islamic values. This text is helpful because it touches on the struggles of raising children in the US.
Kosarkova, A., Malinakova, K., Koncalova, Z., Tavel, P., & van Dijk, J. P. (2020). Childhood Trauma Is Associated with the Spirituality of Non-Religious Respondents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4).
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041268
Studies have mainly shown that religion and spirituality have a positive impact on healthy attitudes and behavior. It has also been linked to a lower occurrence of anxiety and depressive symptoms because religion is a coping mechanism. Religion and spirituality have also been linked with childhood trauma, especially for individuals who either changed religions or became atheists.
