I'm a single mum to a child who comes from a Muslim father. For reasons that I wont go into, the father hasn't been around since child was a baby.
I'm also from a Muslim background (albeit very Liberal. My parents were from a country where religion is forced upon the people, this was one of the many reasons they left before I was born).
One of my best and dearest friends here in UK is from a different kjnd of Muslim background, a background where children from a young age (4/5) are sent to mosque for classes every weekday evening after school. No time to chill out or just "be kids".
I've never imposed anything like this onto my son, he's heavily involved in a sport that he plays few times a week after school and he absolutely loves it.
My friend seems really upset that I'm not sending him to mosque or forcing religion onto him. For now, he believes in God and I make sure he doesn't eat pork but thats just about all. That's also about the limit of my observance. For me it's more important that he is a good person, not whether he attends mosque it not. How can I get me well meaning friend to back off with this stuff? Roxy xx