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Muslim Boy Scouts – Your Time Has Come !

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Some Stats…

  • Boy Scouts – Worldwide Movement – 150 Nations members of WOSM
  • Baden Powell – Africa - British empire
  • 1/3 Scouts Worldwide are Muslim
  • BSA – in 2000 =50 Muslim Scouting Units (Troops/Packs/Venturing crews)
  • BSA – in 2008 = 150 Muslim Scouting Units
  • Mormons = 36,000 Scouting Units

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Scouting Missed Opportunity �Special Extra-curricular Activity

What sets you apart ???

  • Everyone can make “the team”
  • A time tested – world-wide program
  • Muslim origins – Islamic teachings friendly
  • Common Ground – Common Memories
  • Unique Life Enhancing Experiences
  • Hands-on Leadership Training
  • Healthy/Natural Lifestyle

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From Quran

  • Fitrah – “Feet of Clay” – Turab and Adam

  • Khalifa – Earthbound/Earth Conscious

  • Amanah – A Sacred Trust

  • Fa’seeru Visit those who came before you…

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In the footsteps of the Prophets….

  • Adam (AS) > Muhammed (AS) – “Voice in the wilderness”…
  • Unwritten Characteristic of Prophethood
  • A Shepard of men…

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Its Sunnah…

  • Prophet (AS) Childhood – In the Desert…
  • Hiking to the Mountain of Light…
  • Camping at Cave of Hira…
  • Signs (Ayaat) in the stars…
  • Forgotten Amr -Swimming, Riding, Archery…
  • Fiqh in practice – Taharah, Hayah, Salah, …
  • Re-living the Days and Nights of the Prophet(AS) and his Sahabah(RA)…

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Learning Enhancement

  • Computers are not the answer… 44 hours a week over 6 hours a day with electronic media many academic measurers DECLINE
  • Alphabet Soup of Learning Challenges/ Disorders…
  • NDD – Shared by All Students of all levels
  • Muslim Scholars first – agree…
  • A word from Author Richard Louv – Last Child in the Woods Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder

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Scouting part of the cure…

  • BSA Scouting program provides sound balance between supervised and self(boy)-directed outdoor activities that incorporate practical knowledge, learned life skills and inter-personal dynamics.
  • ¾ Scouting is outing
  • Merit Badge Training – The Ultimate Career Day experience

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Scouting firsts�The First Time …

  • I swam in a lake… I canoed …. I capsized…
  • I was away from my parents home over night
  • I slept somewhere without a roof and walls
  • I opened a can with a can opener
  • I slept in a sleeping bag in a tent in the rain and got soaked…
  • I shared a tent with other Muslims my age…
  • I set-up and started an open pit fire and cooked on it
  • I prayed in the snow at night under the stars using a compass to determine the Qiblah …
  • I went to the bathroom without a bathroom
  • I chopped fire wood with an axe whittled a marshmallow stick with my pocket knife
  • I ate Iftar I prepared with my fellow Muslim scouts under the sky
  • I visited a Masjid away from my Masjid and spent the night in Itikaf
  • I was lost in the woods with no way to get back to campsite except with the help of my compass, map, and buddy..
  • I cut myself badly and knew how apply proper first aid to stop the bleeding.

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Nuts and Bolts�How to establish a Boy Scout Troop

  • Core team – Parents with Boys of Scouting Age
  • Leader(s) – some outdoors camping exper.. +
  • Sponsoring Organization - COR
  • Willingness to adopt general BSA Program
  • Meet with Local Council (Franchise)
  • Basic Training – Youth Protection, NLE, FastStart
  • Program/Activity Calendar
  • Consistency – Weekly Meetings and Outings Plus Resident Summer Camp

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Weekly Meeting Agenda

  • Set-up – Room and Flags – SPL Council Meets
  • Opening Ceremony – Fatiha>Salawat/Darood>Pledge of Allegiance>Scout Oath>Scout Law
  • SPL – Tonight’s Agenda
  • Weekly Skill Instruction/MB/Other
  • Group Activity
  • Announcements
  • SM Minute
  • Dua/Salat