Month: July 2018

Inspirational Smiles

Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At the inspection and inauguration of Jalsa Salana on Sunday, after Sadr Lajna UK had earlier requested advice from Hadhoor regarding Jalsa work, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih gave Lajna Jalsa duty workers the advice that they should engage in prayer and that they should smile and keep smiling all three days of Jalsa. This brought to mind some memories from past Jalsa … Read More Inspirational Smiles

Jalsa Stories – Roti

Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot My dad was telling my daughter and I about Jalsa Salana in Rabwah and how the last Jalsa there had an attendance of 275,000 people, making our Jalsa in the UK seem tiny by comparison. Imagine cooking food for that many people, my dad laughed, imagine the number of rotis that were made! He recalled a Jalsa in the mid-seventies when the … Read More Jalsa Stories – Roti

Celebrating the Right to Drive – a Novel or Forgotten Right?

  Ayesha Malik, Surrey On June 24th this year, women in Saudi Arabia took to the steering wheel for the first time, after being banned from driving for decades. The reforms introduced by Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman are considered to be sweeping, granting Saudi women the right to drive without a legal guardian. The measures allowing driving licenses to be issued to women … Read More Celebrating the Right to Drive – a Novel or Forgotten Right?

Life and Choice

Dr Munazzah Chou, Farnham The debate between pro-life and pro-choice rages on and has come to the fore recently around the Irish referendum in which Ireland voted to repeal the amendment of its constitution which effectively prohibited abortion, and now the issue plays a central role in the appointment of a Supreme Court Judge in the US. It is a hugely emotive subject and positions … Read More Life and Choice

A Colour That Never Fades

  Arfa Niswan Yassir, Swindon It is stated in the Holy Qur’an:  صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ Translation: “Say, ‘We will adopt the religion of Allah; and who is better than Allah in teaching religion, and Him alone do we worship.’ (2:139) Quranic commentary tells us that this verse is about colouring ourselves in God’s colour because His colour is … Read More A Colour That Never Fades

Safeguarding Yourself: Time For Change

Laiqa Bhatti, Surrey In recent months, media coverage of high profile sexual assault cases has driven countless women to speak up about the sexual harassment and assault they themselves have faced in all walks of life. In the UK alone, at least half of British women have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study and despite the widespread effort to achieve … Read More Safeguarding Yourself: Time For Change

One Brotherhood

M Rehman, Cheam, UK Today, the Muslim world is divided and these divisions have been tidied up into various sects. Be they Shia, Sunni or Sufi, their variations are caused by differences in interpretation, which stem from a simple lack of unity; and each one believes that they are above the other. Yet this unfortunate reality is far from what the Holy Prophet (Peace … Read More One Brotherhood