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Raed omar mohamad samae

A Moment to Remember

It was a very beneficial experience for me. Having a great time in Canada for more than one week really open up my mind about this world. Living with a Canadian family, discussing with Canadian scholars, enjoying the views and having different types of Canadian meals teach me how beautiful Allah has created this world.

As a musafir, Ive been treated like family by the Muslim community in Toronto. They provide me foods, shelter and transportation even they do not have to do so. The discussions with the scholars taught me about the challenges of living as minority Muslims in a western country. Living in the western country requires them to really careful when growing up their children.

My foster mother shared with me how she manages to take care in growing up her children so that they have a good basic understanding about Islam. Her daughter is the only student in her school that wear hijab and she is so proud of it. The best part is that all my foster sisters classmates respect her and love to be friend with her. Another two sons are very good in reciting Quran. She mentioned that, the children need to be taught about Islam since they are

small. She quit her job just because she want to make sure that her children were well taught about Islam and got a good care from her. After they all reach puberty, then she decided to continue her job. This is a very good example for us to follow.

If we see nowadays, a lot of children being affected by western culture because they dont get enough guidance from their parents. Therefore, guidance from the beginning of their life is really important to make sure they can be good Muslims. The journey had really open up my mind about the value of being a better Muslim.

We also went to many beautiful places such as Parliament House of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilisation in Quebec, Rideau Hall, University of Toronto, Chinatown, Torontos Downtown and Niagara Falls (feel like screaming). At Niagara Falls, I could see how beautiful Allah created the big falls that is flowing without stop (even during winter). To me, the weather was very cold approximately abpout 8oC 14 oC. However, I enjoyed the cold weather because I would not get that in Malaysia. The maples leaves make me feel like screaming as they are so beautiful. Many leaves were falling and it makes me feel so peace and calm. I really hope that I can be there for the second time... perhaps bring my wife and kids in the future hehe !

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