| Children
believe: |
Muslims
believe: |
|
Children
believe everything in their storybooks without a question.
|
Muslims
believe everything in their religious books without a question. |
| Children
believe that Tarzan can talk to animals. |
Muslims
believe that Sulaiman could talk to animals; he could even
hear ants talking miles away. |
| Children
believe that all animals of the world can behave like humans
and can follow orders given by humans. |
Muslims
believe that all animals of the world can behave like humans
and follow orders given by humans as they followed Noah's
order to come take a ride with him in his ark. |
| Children
think that stars are small playthings and a tall enough
person can reach up, grab and throw them at any one. |
Muslims
believe that stars are small enough for god to reach down,
grab, and throw them at mischievous satans and jins trying
to listen to higher assembly. |
| Children
believe that earth is flat, sun and moon are lamps, which
go around the earth, and stars are decorations on a solid
blue sky, which is a canopy on earth, |
Muslims
also believe the same. |
| Children
believe in beautiful fairies. |
Muslims
believe in beautiful houris. |
| Children
believe that fairies come and place money under their pillows
when they are asleep. |
Muslims
believe that houries come and share their pillows when they
are dead. |
| Children
believe in ghosts and monsters. |
Muslims
believe in jins and satans. |
| Children
believe that ghosts and monsters hide under their beds during
the night. |
Muslims
believe that jins and satans hide in their noses and their
bathrooms during the night. |
| Children
believe in magic kingdom with all the goodies and hope to
live in it some day. |
Muslim
believe in heaven with all the goodies and hope to live
in it some day. |
| Children
dream of visiting disney land one day, and when this dream
comes true it is the happiest time of their lives. |
muslims
dream of visiting mecca one day, and when this dream comes
true, it is the happiest time of their lives. |
| When
in Disneyland, children wear Disney character T-shirts and
Mickey mouse caps and very excitedly follow big crowds to
different points of fascination. |
When
in Mecca Muslims wear special clothes, shave their heads/wear
hijab and very excitedly follow big crowds to different
points of fascination. |
| Children
pretend to beat the imaginary monster with a real stick |
Muslims
pretend to beat the imaginary satan by throwing real stones. |
| Children
believe that their all-powerful hero Superman can fly |
Muslims
believe that their all-powerful hero Mo could fly on a winged
horse. |
| Children
love rituals and talk to their imaginary friends. |
Muslims
love rituals and say salam to imaginary angels. |
| Children
think that their imaginary friends are with them all the
time even when they are asleep at night |
Muslims
think that their imaginary angels are with them all the
time, even when they are making love at night or on a camels
back during the day. |
| Children
believe that all the good kids will be rewarded with candy
and all the bad kids will be punished by spanking |
Muslims
believe that all the Muslims will be rewarded with houries
and all the non-Muslims will be punished with hellfire. |
