"Towards an
Excellent
Islamic World"

After conducting numerous adult courses, mainly for professionals, in the Khalifah Method and Scientific Understanding of Islam we had a number of past participants, who are also parents of children in their teens, asking if it might be possible to hold similar classes for the youth. These parents with teen children most of whom, while not serious behaviour problems but having been quite heavily influenced by secular materialistic ideas and Western culture, were less interested in the traditional beliefs and practices of Islam than was thought by their parents to be in their children's best interest. The parents were saying things like, "I hope the class can motivate my child to be more interested in Islam."

Since one of the primary purposes of the Khalifah Project is to motivate people, particularly Muslims, of all ages to have a greater interest in Islam, in their role as Khalifah of Allah, and in helping to bring about a much better world for all, we thought that an intensive youth course in the Khalifah Method and Scientific Understanding of Islam would prove to be highly motivational for their teen and young adult children.

Because believing something to be true is not proof of that truth we decided to provide an intensive course, three hours each day for ten days, over a similar range of subjects that we had been teaching to adult professionals. These subjects included, but were not limited to: Why Does Our World Suffer From So many Terrible Problems?; An Islamic Solution to the World's Problems; A Scientific Proof of the Existence of God; Understanding Allah's Creation of the Physical Universe (from the light at the beginning of the universe until Adam) Consistent With Both All of the Facts of Modern Science and With Our Islamic Beliefs About Creation; The True Nature of Reality; The Laws of Learning; Islamic Psychology, a New Paradigm; Effective Islamic Parenting; What It Really Means To Be a Khalifah of Allah; and, Communication Skills for Doing Presentations and Training to Offer the Khalifah Knowledge To Others.

At the end of the course the 25 youth who had participated in the intensive Khalifah training course were asked to complete a simple survey designed to evaluate their feelings about the affects upon them of what they had just learned. The following is a basic presentation of those results. As you will see, the survey clearly shows there was a high motivational affect in the direction of greater knowledge of Islam, greater Love for Allah, and a greater desire to do good in the world. These results showed a more significant positive motivational affect with girls than with boys, but we consider the results to be very impressive in both cases. We think these are exactly the type of results that parents would most hope could be achieved with their children.

We also asked the youth participants to tell us specifically what they learned in the intensive youth Khalifah course which they believed resulted in their increased motivation upon completing the course. The results were as follows:

1. To know how really special it is to be Khalifah of Allah.

2. To know how and why we are Khalifah of Allah.

3. To know the three important, but simple, obligations as Khalifah of Allah.

4. To have a logically obvious and scientifically accurate, simple method by which we can achieve any goal.

5. To have the power to fix all the problems of our world and turn it into a virtual paradise on Earth.

6. To be part of the 'transforming' generation, who will stop the decline of Islam and bring the Muslim ummah back to its rightful place at the top of every aspect of human society and life.

7. To have a direct way to cleanse the heart and purify the soul.

8. To have a direct way to bypass hellfire and arrive at Judgment Day with a good chance immediate entry to paradise.

We expect our youth training courses and materials to be a significant part of our work in the future to help bring about a much better world for all.