Ayman Ismail

They just couldn't afford it.

How could they even consider it if you don't have the money for it?

Yeah, so he's put his kids in public school.

My other brother is really similar.

Doesn't even think about raising his kids Arab and Muslim.

In fact, he gave his kids non-Arabic sounding names.

It's not even a priority for them.

So I spoke to my brother about it.

And so he's like, dude, you can't afford it.

He's like, if you're not saving a third of your income, then you can't afford it.

So I'm more that kind of person where it's like, I'll just, I'll do what I feel is right.

And the money will make sense, which is probably not the best attitude, but I've always found that it works out.

Yeah, I mean, there's the downside that they'll feel about it like I did.

I resented it and I fought my parents about it and I didn't understand why we needed to have our own little community when I would see kids outside who were my age who I didn't know because they weren't part of our insular Islamic community.

Because I think the other thing

that we haven't talked about here is that the Islamic school is much more than just a school.

It's like a whole community.

And so everything from basketball leagues to karate and camping, they're all Islamic versions of it.

I was an Islamic Boy Scout.

Yeah.