Muslim Teenagers Coping: With Parents, Family, Life, the Universe and Everything

by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

Being a teenager is not an easy business.You're told you are "too young" to do half the things you want to do; your mother is always asking you to tidy your your father is always reminding you to pray; your younger sister is annoying you when all you want is some PEACE AND QUIET ... You are not sure if it's everyone else that is going mad or you. Luckily, Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood in on hand. Having a wealth of experience as a teacher and an 'agony aunt', she understands the minefields that are the teenage years. This book is a light-hearted, humorous, but above all, sympathetic pointer to coping with teenage life as a Muslim.

Genres: Islam

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (Rosalyn Rushbrook/Kendrick) is the author of some forty books on Islam and other subjects. She gained her honours degree in Christian Theology at the University of Hull in 1963, and Post Graduate Teaching Certificate in 1964, with distinctions in theory and practice. Her professional life was spent as Head of Religious Studies at various tough UK inner city secondary schools, until she retired in 1996, to concentrate on writing and lecturing. She has since made the GCSE course in Islamic Studies available to students and converts to Islam of all ages, especially to those who have not had the opportunity to study it at school.

She grew up a devout Christian, but converted to Islam in 1986. Already established by then as an author of books on Christian and educational topics, she has since devoted her time to writing on Islam and doing dawah (explaining the faith) work to both Christian and Muslim audiences. She regularly addresses school and church groups, explaining Islam and educating in the basics of Islam, with a keen interest in presenting Islam as a world faith. She strives to raise the awareness both of non-Muslims and also of born Muslims of the traditional immigrant ethnic backgrounds living in the UK, that these numerous varieties of cultural backgrounds, tastes and emphases are all part of Islam, including cultures that are not limited to the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and North Africa.

Reviews

[thismoonchild · Rating 2 out of 5]

my mum bought this for me
i think it really was just stating hadiths and quranic ayats but it doesn't really connect to me as a questioning young person. it assumes that you already have the faith and belief in Islam.
it didn't really help consolidate anything in my mind at all
but maybe that's just me :)

[Shameeleon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny, spiritual and relatable :)

[Abu Kamdar · Rating 2 out of 5]

A disappointing book, especially as it is aimed at teens which contains some rather poor takes that I would not like my teenagers to be confused by.

[emz490 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book although it took about a chapter or two to get into it (about 10 pages) Its nice and short, simple, but understandable which is great!
The author used quotes from Hadith and Qur'an to back up her reasoning and manages to appeal to the younger generation very well. It contains everything anyone would need to know at the age of 13-16, so I would definitely recommend this book for young Muslims (or interested non-Muslims) who want to learn more about the Muslim faith and where they belong in it.

Improvement; I paid £5 which is great, but I'd pay more if the book was longer! :D

[Ameer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful and funny. SO TRUE