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Aroosa Akram, Slough In Islam the Oneness of God is fundamental and Muslims believe that God created the universe. The cosmological arguments support this claim because a cosmological argument argues that there must be a God to explain the existence of the universe. To fully understand the cosmological arguments one has to look at the…
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Fateha Khawaja, Islamabad Tilford Simply put, everywhere. As I’m sitting here writing, one of the worst storms in the past few years is happening; even now, I feel the presence of God through the rain He has sent down, blessing the Earth with its most vital needs. For me, in everything I see, I can see…
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On 20th February 1886, after the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) had spent forty days in intense prayer in seclusion he published a leaflet with a prophecy that Allah had revealed to him while he was engaged in prayer during the forty days. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community commemorates the fulfilment of this grand prophecy…
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Sumayra Ahmad, Manchester When one holds the belief that God is the ultimate Creator of all things, it becomes difficult not to see the beauty of God in everything that surrounds you. My journey towards understanding, seeing and believing in God began when I made a conscious effort to establish a personal relationship with Him.…
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford Prayer. For me, that is the simplest and truest answer to this question. If you asked me ten, a hundred, or even a thousand years ago, I think my answer would still be the same. One Hadith says, “A (believing) person is nearest to his Lord when in prostration, so pray much…
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hartlepool “…whosoever killed a person… it shall be as if he had killed all mankind; and whoso gave life to one, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind…” – Holy Qur’an Chapter 5, Verse 33.[1] What has always interested me about this Quranic verse is the way in…
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Unfortunately the intolerance and polarisation indexes are soaring high across the world, be it Europe, America, Asia or Canada. In my humble observation after the torment of war one lesson of history is whenever a state legislates to marginalise a minority or community it serves as an injection of extremism and…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park As a child, being a Muslim in the West meant seeing my friends gasp as I told them Christmas is just an ordinary day for me. It meant explaining to my friends that I’m content with not receiving presents at Christmas. Then I grew up and I realised that’s probably the…
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester ‘Islam’ and ‘the West’ have long been pitted against each other. Western society being censured for its material temptations and so-called progressive principles by one camp. Meanwhile Islam is branded an oppressive, backwards religion out of touch with and out of place in a modern, dynamic Western society by the other. As…
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Nadia Ghauri, Oxford The ‘West’ is a nebulous concept; at times glorified as a model of modern civilisation, and at others, denigrated as superficial and morally corrupted. I grew up in a small, rural city in southern England. Naturally, as a Muslim of Pakistani heritage I would feel out of place in a city that…
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