Would you let your child keep watching?

My LO has stumbled upon a YT kids series called - Omar & Hana and now asks to watch it anytime she has screen time. It’s an Islamic preschool series. We’re white British, not religious but not anti religion nor are we judgmental to others who are.

It doesn’t seem harmful to me to let her watch but she is soaking it all in like a sponge and is learning a lot as it’s all focused on teaching prophets and praying to allah. She is occasionally saying bismillah now.

I don’t really know anything substantial about any religions including Islam and Muslim faith. So do I let her keep watching? Any advice for me if I do let her keep watching or not? Is there anything I should know? How do I explain anything if she has questions?

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I think it depends on age and your views on religion in general. I plan to teach my son an overview of all religions but that it’s essentially a load of stories, it’s not real. So as long as my son understood that I’d let him watch it occasionally, not all the time.

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