Question: Should parents and their married sons live together or separately? Is it not natural to move out and settle elsewhere?

Married children living with parents or separately is an issue that has been left to culture and circumstances; no ruling has been given by the Shari‘ah in this regard and wisely so because what maybe possible in one type of family set up may not be in another.

DOES WESTERNIZATION = MODERNIZATION?

Usually when we talk about traditional wushu's relevance to modern times, we concentrate on the question "how can it help us to improve ourselves and our society?" Of course, those of us who love the art easily have a lot to say about that. All we have to do is examine our own experiences. Though details vary from person to person, basically our stories would hit on the same points: It's a great exercise for health and fitness. It builds strength of character and promotes inner growth. It challenges us to awaken and develop those parts of ourselves in which creative abilities and expanded thought exist. The outcome to our acceptance of this challenge is the next chapter in every person's story.
As an ethnic art, it provides practitioners a living experience of Eastern philosophy and wisdom. And let's not forget the obvious: it teaches advanced techniques which can be used for high-level combat. Performed correctly, the movements have a power, flow, and depth that is beautiful to watch and fulfilling to perform. One could accurately say that traditional wushu massages the entire person: body (inside and out), mind, and spirit.
To an outsider, this must seem too good to be true. But, this isn't the whole story. Practitioners must have the guidance of a true master who transmits the techniques of a pure lineage. For their own part, they must log in many hours of hard work, be willing to face their own errors and limitations, and carry on in the midst of discomfort and uncertainty. They must endure physical, emotional, and mental pain, persevere through frustrations, and struggle with long, boring hours of stance training, basics, and repetitive practice. They must discard many old habits and learn to think, move, act, and react in ways that go against their natural, customary way of doing things.
Traditional wushu is very old, as is the culture in which it was born. It is the culmination of centuries of wisdom, experience, testing, and medical knowledge. In contrast, our lives move at a machine-gun pace, with too many things to do, too much information to contend with, and too many changes which have come too quickly. Today's technical innovation makes yesterday's invention obsolete. And events half way around our shrunken globe can affect us with almost the same intensity as if they happened down the block. In this context, a discipline with roots in a strong culture that spans many centuries can be a lifeline of stability, grounding, and peace.
But being old doesn't automatically make something better in every way. With the passing of each generation, all areas of life--traditions, arts, religions, science, fashion, etc.--are automatically reevaluated in the light of the current situation and tastes. In addition, no matter how ancient, traditional wushu is a living art. Quite naturally it must continue to evolve and grow. In other words, it must be modernized or it will lose its vitality and die.

modernization and westernization:a core concept

It is extremely important for all us to know that both these are not to be confused with each other.they are entirely different from each other.as modernization is not a bad thing if we keep our limits and know that where our religion ,culture values norms stop us.
adopting modernization means moving along with the world and being able to be competitive with them so we need to adapt modern ways in a few aspects.so that we do not lack behind and the world does not go ahead from us.
however westernization is not something favourable as this means forgetting our culture, our eligion our norms and adopting of west.completely forgetting who we are and what are our roots.its vital for us to condemn the westernization cultureand stick to ours.if we want to be able to teach our future generations that where do we belong to.this concept is for europe ,america and other non-muslim countries but we need to know that being muslims its our duty to follow our customs,norms and values.

Modernization effect on culture

Modernization is blamed as one of the reasons for the youth to forget their culture. Many parents in urban areas are not practicing their culture; as a result the youth are not exposed or interactive with their own culture. Parents have already forgotten their responsibilities; they should maintain and improve their culture by teaching it to their children despite the gush of other intruding cultures dominating them. Nowadays, parents are making their children a Westerner instead of making them a Nepali. Our culture is being pushed aside by new models from abroad spreading by satellite. The logic of profit have always dominated the human minds similarly to the youth here, they go to different developed countries for opportunities for they are highly paid there. The youth who have gone to different countries like America and Australia in search of opportunities come back as an American or an Australian completely, not a Nepali.The food reflects the tradition of our country. The young generation has already forgotten the traditional food like “gundruk”, “sinki”, etc. instead it is replaced by fast food, etc. Fast food has already dominated the world in food. T-shirts and jeans have already dominated the entire youth clothes market. National dress must also be given priority. Nepalese sweets are in the point of extinction because everybody prefers foreign sweets. The foreign movies have already dominated Nepali movies. Many youth doesn’t like the presentation and screening of the actors but we can work for the betterment.

Muslim Youth in the 21st Century

As the twentieth century comes to an end it is time to reflect on our achievements and failures in responding to the Qur'anic challenge of creating a good society on earth. The entire human history has been a history of the struggle to bring about this ideal society. The ideal that Islam is seeking is also a universal ideal for the entire humanity. It has been a mission of all the prophets and all the sages to see that humanity through its spiritual and moral perfection brings about the establishment of a just community. But it has not been an easy task. Many a people in the world have struggled and strived to make this earth a better place to live: a place that would reveal a balanced individual exhibiting a highly spiritual life informed by absolute moral values through the primary institutions of socialization like family, community, religious centers, and so on. In this regard the Qur'an has reminded us more than once that "A man receives but only that for which he strives; that his endeavors will be judged, and only then will he receive his recompense in full." (53:39-41) In other words, humanity has to continue to strive to earn its final reward in full. How to maintain that dynamic momentum in faith by striving to remain a Muslim, that is, a person who has "submitted" his/her total being to the Divine will?

Modernization Theory

Modernization theory has evolved in three waves. The first wave appeared in the 1950s and 1960s. One made the attempt to explain the diffusion of Western styles of living, technological innovations and individualist types of communication (highly selective, addressing only particular persons) as the superiority of secular, materialist, Western, individualist culture and of individual motivation and achievement (Lerner, 1958), Schramm, 1964).
This first wave of theory produced three variants (McQuail, 2000: 84):
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Economic development: mass media promote the global diffusion of many technical and social innovations that are essential to modernization (Rogers, 1962). See Diffusion of Innovations theory.
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Literacy and cultural development: mass media can teach literacy and other essential skills and techniques. They encourage a ‘state of mind’ favorable to modernity, e.g. the imagination of an alternative way of life beyond the traditional way.
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National identity development: mass media could support national identities in new nations (colonies) and support attention to democratic policies (elections).

Westernization is a process, whereby societies come under or adopt the Western culture in diffrent matters such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, philosophy and values. Westernization has been a pervasive and accelerating influence across the world in the last few decades. It is usually a two-sided process, in which some societies follow westernization and some usually confuse it with Modernisation.

Modernization includes the destruction of the existing culture, replacing it with a more efficient western culture. In Pakistan, modernization is often confused with westernization because the Mulla's think of empowering women, essential part of modernization, as westernization.

We should stop thinking of modernization as apart of westernization because this has stopped us from accelerating in the international arenas and has also diminished our goodwill amongst other societies.

On the right you can see an image of Japanese Prince Yorihito wearing a western outfit, this also shows that the most conservative societies have mistaken westernisation as modernization.