Growing Up Muslim: No One Understands Me

By: Altaf Hussain

News flash from the world to the youth: The young Muslim lives in many worlds. News flash from the young Muslims to the world: We already knew that and its no walk in the park. While the adults are busy declaring this week, this month, this year, and indeed this century as “the century of the youth”, “our future”, and “the next generation”, you, the young Muslims, are busy trying to get their attention to start a dialogue. You don’t want too much, you just want a chance to be heard. You just want a chance to share what you are experiencing as you grow up in majority non-Muslim societies. It is clear that growing up in such an environment poses formidable challenges to you. (more…)