“Allah is He who created you of weakness, then He appointed after weakness strength, then after strength He appointed weakness and grey hair” [Qur’an 30/54]. “The above verse clearly highlights the age of strength, namely, the youth. Mankind is at its peak, intellectually and physically, during the age of youth. These energies have to be harnessed otherwise we will be left with a ‘lost generation”; in the youth of today lies our destiny. Depending on what values we instill in our children today, the future of our community and society will either be a dismal failure or a resounding success. We need to encourage our children to pursue their studies & be world class in their efforts and regain the Golden Age of Islam and the Muslims. Nuclear families of today are having an impact on the lost values of the community. In extended families, the parents & grandparents transmit moral, ethical values, respect and good manners to the children. In …