COMMENT | Learning other faiths will only help secure our own

COMMENT | When I was a little girl, I felt that my own religion was the best and every other faith was somehow inferior. Growing up, I learned that one can respect, admire and appreciate other faiths and beliefs while preserving one’s own religion.

You see, my parents are staunch Muslims who pray five times a day, read verses from the Holy Quran after almost every prayer session, fast every Ramadan and on special days, and have performed Haj multiple times.

Growing up in a family with strong Islamic beliefs like mine and being surrounded by mainstream media promoting the Islamic way of life, I was always reminded that I was a Muslim first, before anything else.

However, although my relationship with my family is built upon faith at its core, I was lucky to have parents who had a thirst for knowledge. They believed that a genuine understanding of...