By Rashida Nasir, Aldershot, UK
Suffragettes and Amelia Hart
What is it that sets them apart?
Pioneers of their time
Raising the status of womankind.
No right to vote?
No equal pay?
How absurd
In the modern day!
Yet 1400 years ago
Islam emerged with an eternal light
Respecting women
And honouring their rights
While the world trudged on
With its ups and downs
Rays of peace
Began to spread around
Under the spiritual guidance
Of the Promised Messiah
The rope of Khilafat
A yearning, a desire
Uniting us all
To strive and deliver
The pledge of Lajna
To grow and empower
Gain knowledge and share
The treasures we find
The physical, the mental
The spiritual entwined
A diamond in the rough
But polish and behold
The strength and the brilliance
Permeating the soul
Lajna Ima’illah
A diamond jubilee
60 years’ blessings
May we continue to succeed!
Ameen
Voice of British Muslim Women 
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