When this engineer and author noticed that there weren't many fun and interactive options out there for teaching kids about Islam, he decided to change that. So he came up with Imam Adam, a toy that teaches Muslim and non-Muslim kids about Islam, Ramadan, and tolerance.
00:00What's usually this color? Oranges are this color, right?
00:04So over here, the neighbors, they ask him,
00:10How was your Ramadan, Imam Adam?
00:13And he says, It was great.
00:16Another pillar of Islam is to fast during the lunar month of Ramadan from dawn till sunset.
00:23Ramadan? Ramadan, yeah.
00:26I did Ramadan. Did you?
00:29You did it with the family?
00:33Everybody? Yeah?
00:36Can you see the water?
00:40Charity?
00:42Right?
00:45Imam Adam is an Imam in a diverse area.
00:50He has neighbors of different ethnic backgrounds and different cultures and religions.
00:56He loves people. He loves animals. He loves the environment as well.
01:01The reason why I created Imam Adam was because there was a lack of Muslim toy products that are educational and engaging.
01:11My name is Danny Shacouge and I'm an engineering consultant and an author.
01:28This is a combination of a book as well as the toy itself, the doll itself.
01:41The book touches upon Ramadan because actually in the storyline one of his neighbors asked him about Ramadan.
01:50It was just a brief description upon Ramadan in the book and it also touches upon the month of Ramadan later on in the book.
01:59So, started two and a half years ago with conceptualization, worked with an artist to see, okay, how do we want Imam Adam's figure to be, what do we want his attitude and smile to look like so that he's warm, so that children see him as being warm and they'll have fun.
02:25They'll have fun, they'll have fun engaging. When you read a story and you have the doll next to you, children really like it.
02:32So, this is a way that children can learn about the five pillars of Islam and hopefully the information retains with them. So, you know, an easy way for them to learn.
02:43It's the birds, right?
02:44I see the birds already.
02:46You did, that's right, that's right. What's he doing here?
02:50Praying.
02:51He's praying.
02:52He's praying, right? He's doing Salah?
02:53Yeah.
02:54It's not like straight textbooks, so it's a way that touches upon different aspects of, not just the five pillars, but different aspects of Islam, where even non-Muslims can learn something about the religion.
03:12The purpose of the project was really to benefit. It's really to benefit. That's the majority. So, as long as one child was able to benefit from the book, from the toy, that to me is a success.
03:33The purpose of the event is always to benefit from the scripture and the one child is moving the Dinner Days in place in front of color.
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