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What Makes A Modern Role Model?

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Living as a Muslim in the West, it is very difficult to lead an Islamic life. One of the difficulties is that we do not have a modern role model to look up to that it makes it difficult to follow the straight path. Therefore, many Muslims look to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as the role model to follow. In order to use Muhammad (pbuh) as a role model, one has to educate oneself about him. Growing up as a Muslim, we learned about the Prophet and he was painted as perfect human being. And we were told that the best way to be a good person was to follow his footsteps. Filling these shoes was impossible to fill as our humanity gets in the way of being perfect. But once I truly got to understand Muhammad, I learned that he made mistakes; therefore, he became the perfect imperfect role model.
One of the difficult things about living in the West is that from time to time, you will have doubts about certain things. As a college student, there is always the pressure of consuming alcohol whether it is at parties or at college sponsored events such as Macon Connections. Attending these events, it makes one wonder whether drinking is bad if some many people are doing it; including, students, professors, staff, and alumni. This doubt, when looked through my previous understanding of Muhammad (pbuh), would question my faith. As the perfect human being, Muhamad (pbuh) was understood to have never had doubt his faith. Actually, the Prophet (pbuh) had doubt his role as the

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