Ayaan sits down with the Globe & Mail and answers questions pertaining to her new born son Thomas. And embarking on a new challenge: motherhood at 42. Read the following:
Will you raise your son as an atheist?
It's very interesting that you ask that. My life before I had my child was abstract. Now, once you have the child, that's no longer theory. You actually are now bringing up this tiny human being, innocent, helpless.
And so you have to ask yourself, “Do I really want to bring him up with the idea that there is no God?” And my approach is – and my husband agrees with me – no, I'm not going to tell my son there is no God. Why? Because when I was growing up I was told there is a God. I'm just going to tell my son, in regards to morality, once he's old enough to understand, that there are people who think there is a God, and there are different gods, and there are people who think there is no God, and there are different forms of atheism
You can read the rest of the interview on here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... 260/page1/And from that scallop, from that plate of appetizers, ultimately you choose what you end up believing in. What if your son decides to follow Islam?
That's one of the crazy jokes we make. Kids at some point like to rebel against their parents, and so how will I respond? In theory, I think I'll keep a straight face.
In literature, all the clashes between children and parents, where people who hate homosexuality, the kid comes and says, “I'm gay.” Protestants who hate Catholics, the kid says, “I've converted to Catholicism,” or the other way around. People who hate God, their child comes and says, “I'm a devout believer in this.” It could happen to me. My son could come and say, “You know what, mom? I'm a devout Muslim.”
And I have to do what my father and my mother were incapable of doing, which is to say, “Alright, go for it.” I'm hoping it does not happen.
You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing. My mother constantly tells me, “You're wrong, you're wrong.”
I want to be strong enough to tell my son, it's your choice.
Let's hope her son decides to become a Muslim. *Fingers crossed*
mashallah 
Even his lips are protesting.
