Although I am from a Sunni back ground and my family follow the Shafi madhab, my parents have always had an open mind in looking for the truth. They had engendered in their children, the spirit of questioning status quo and looking beyond what belief systems we were born into. As a family we followed Islam with great devotion and pursued religious studies: we were involved with teaching others, praying, reading the Holy Quran and seriously followed other tenets of the religion. Even as young children growing up we freely asked our parents questions on religion and discussed Islam as a family at every opportunity on a daily basis.
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