Healthy initiative Marriage
INTRODUCTION
Healthy Marriage Initiative
One of the goals of the HMI is to assist and empower the Muslim community so that foundation for stable marriages allow for communities to grow, recognizing unstable marriages are a detriment to growth. Our problem is that the Muslim community in America is greatly weakened by an unacceptable number of unstable marriages and divorces. The results are broken homes, spousal abuse, children raised by one parent, and emotional turmoil in the community. Divorce is on the rise. Single female-headed households are becoming more common. Muslim women are concerned about the prospects for suitable spouses.
PURPOSE
The vision of the Healthy Marriage Initiative is to mobilize the local community to make healthy marriage a top priority so that marriages and that the basis of married life will be the essence of the Quran and the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (saws). The points of the Healthy Marriage Initiative are as follows.
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
The local communities encouraged to make a joint commitment to engender and support healthy marriages and to adopt policy of no tolerance for spousal abuse.
Healthy Marriage Initiative
Marriage preparation is aimed primarily at un-married young adults, and seeks to give participants a vision of an Islamic marriage, tools for a successful marriage. Marriage preparation consists of
- Workshops
- Curriculum for Youth Groups
- Curriculum for Weekend Schools
- Love and mercy
MARRIAGE ENHANCEMENT
Aimed primarily at married couples and those interested in marriage, marriage enhancement seeks to strengthen the bonds of marriage by identifying and modifying destructive patterns and by identifying and engendering constructive skills. Marriage enhancement consists of:
- Workshops
- Masjid courses
- Healthy Marriage Celebrations
- Mentoring of newly weds
