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On the 6th of January 2014, malaysiadigest.com reported that the number of children aged between 5 and 15 with poor mental health is rising, with 20 percent found to be suffering from stress, anxiety and depression according to the latest National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS). Deputy director-general of Health (Public Health) Datuk Dr. Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said poor mental health could be the result of pressure on students from the high expectations of parents and teachers in academic excellence and individual personality, as well as social, family and interpersonal problems. On December 13, the Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said school counselors would be given extra training to increase their expertise in counseling students to tackle mental health problems.

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It is estimated that children between the ages of 5 to 15 years old is 10% of the total population in Malaysia. Thus, from this total, 60,000 children suffer from mental disorders. How could this occur? According to a study carried out by the President of the Malaysian Mental Health Association (MMHA), it is caused by symptoms of anxiety, severe depression and emotional stress. He added, "A number of factors identified that contributed to mental health disorders are psychosocial factors which encompass aspects of family, home and school as well as social aspects."

Family factors play a vital role to ensure children obtain the sufficient love and attention they deserve. This is in line with what our Prophet (saw) stated as narrated by Abu Hurairah (ra):

قَبَّلَ النَّبِىّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِىٍّ ، وَعِنْدَهُ الأقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِىُّ جَالِسًا ، فَقَالَ الأقْرَعُ : إِنَّ لِى عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا قَبَّلْتُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، ثُمَّ قَالَ : مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُ لا يُرْحَمُ

"The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) kissed Al-Hasan bin' Ali, and beside the Prophet sat Al-Aqro 'bin Haabis At-Tamimiy. Thus Al-Aqro' said, "I have 10 children, none of them have I ever kissed." Therefore, the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) looked towards Al-' Aqro 'and said, "Whosoever does not have mercy / love then he will not be loved/blessed."

However, the increase in marital failure leading to divorce has provided a non-conducive environment to children. Parents who often argue and fight in front of their children bring a negative impact on their children's upbringing. Children will tend to act violently as a result of imitating their parents who fight regularly. Moreover, this situation also inhibits the healthy mental and physical growth of children. Children will easily act violently, become depressed and suffer from emotional distress because of the pressure obtained at home - a place which should play the role of being the first and primary school for them.

Parents' focus in seeking wealth leads to them transferring their duty of nurturing their children to others - such as nurseries, schools, or other care-centres. This results in children having no choice but to beg for affection from others. All this is a consequence of the implementation of the corrupt capitalist system in Malaysia that has unfortunately nurtured in many within the society the mindset of prioritizing amassing wealth over family duties. It is also due to the absence of a sound Islamic education and social system that ensure that individuals embrace a clear understanding of their responsibilities in marriage and as parents and implement it in their lives.

A child deserves the right to gain love and affection from their parents to ensure that they can grow perfectly. Islam has placed the role of educating children as a vital responsibility shouldered by parents.

Mothers should serve as the first teachers of their children and household manager of all their household affairs. Therefore, as a woman, they must return to their nature as a mother and not transfer their main responsibility to others. Furthermore, it is only under the Khilafah "Caliphate" state that the correct Islamic education and social system will be implemented and the rights of children in all aspects protected, whether they are related to their physical, financial, educational or emotional needs.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Sumayyah Amar
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir

Alhamdulillah, the stand that Hizb ut Tahrir had called for in Wilayah Jordan in front of the embassy of the criminal regime, Bashar's regime, took place, that was titled: "Reject the Geneva Conspiracy and the Tyrannical System and the Treacherous Coalition" where the Hizb declared its condemnation of the convention and its outcomes, and described the gathering states as traitors, and that it aims only to produce another Bashar loyal to Kufr - no different from the present one.

Amid heavy security and media presence, participants chanted "Allahu Akbar" and chants that describe the Coalition and Assad as traitors and agents of the Kaffir West in the stand.

The Head of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Jordan, Mr. Mamdouh Abu Sawa Qitaishat, delivered a speech in which he described the Coalition as "surrendering their constants at a time when they have no constants; for they conceded from not negotiating with Bashar, and they conceded from not participating in Geneva 2," and he described this surrender as "subservience and submission to America and its allies; in order to create a new authority that maintains America's influence", and that "the entire issue is to put forth a successor for Bashar to the present Bashar, a traitor to Allah (swt) and his Messenger (saw) and the believers."

He added that "the Coalition has stabbed the Muslims in the back and the stomach and does not conceal its treachery, indeed it displayed it at auction... so do not provide them a route or a passage to the land of al-Sham, the center of Dar al-Islam..."

Speeches were delivered that called for the people of ash-Sham to thwart the Geneva 2 Conference by continuing their revolution and submitting to the demands of the Coalition, and called the rebels to unite their row and work to establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" and sever the influence of Kufr from the land of the Muslims, and reminded them of the sanctity of the blood of the Muslim. They also called upon the armies of the Muslims to immediately mobilize to free the people of ash-Sham and save them and establish the Khilafah "Caliphate".

Of the chants delivered at the stand were:

The first Geneva... Void, the second Geneva... Void

The Coalition... Void, the civil state... Void, Secularism... Void

Oh Rebels Oh Free Men... Dealers sold your revolution

Oh America stay away from us... the Coalition does not represent us

Oh Armies of the Muslims save the people of ash-Sham

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir

in Wilayah Jordan

These days, the third anniversary of the Egyptian revolution passes by. Strangely, those that turned against the revolution and returned the symbols of the former regime to the foreground, are the ones who are invited to celebrate its memory,