{"id":1041,"date":"2013-04-23T18:26:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2013-04-23T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T21:54:20","slug":"guiding-our-boys-to-a-straight-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2013\/04\/23\/guiding-our-boys-to-a-straight-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiding Our Boys to a Straight Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I would like our community to take responsibility for how it is that we \u2014 yes, we \u2014 have allowed an interpretation of Islam to prevail in this world that turns this boy of innocence into a bomber and murderer,&#8221; writes Asra Q. Nomani. &#8220;We need to work with compassion and love to guide these boys to a \u201cstraight path,\u201d as mentioned in the Quran\u2019s first chapter, Al-Fatiha, &#8216;the Opening&#8217;. 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