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Zujaja Khan, London In his book ‘Islam’s Response to Contemporary Issues’, His Holiness Mirza Tahir Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) expounds on a verse from the Holy Quran, in which Allah states: Thy Lord has commanded, ‘Worship none but Him, and show kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them…
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Khulat Saqi, London Having recently started at university, I reflected on how privileged I was to be able to have the freedom to study my chosen…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes, London The hijab is a garment that bestows its wearers wings of liberation. However, for those who fail to understand it, it is unjustly labelled a cage of oppression. In order to bring some clarity to this heavily misunderstood garment, a review of some facts is in order. A Divine Commandment Not…
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Why Islam Ahmadiyyat? By Samina Silver, Redbridge North Yes, I was a Zionist Jew And I hated Muslims just like you A Muslim man fell in the street So I helped him to his feet I picked up the Quran, his holy Book Ask me why, I would never look Some Israelis were offended and…
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By Qudsia Ward, Cornwall, UK Beautiful, of the creation of Allah, are diamonds. Diamonds are carbon – carbon is in all life forms; essential! Diamonds are transparent, crystal, bright and clear. Diamonds are lustrous, reflecting and refracting light into a myriad colours. Hard and strong, diamonds mark and shape materials around them. Diamonds are beautiful;…
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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…
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By Riyya Ahmad, age 13, Aldershot, UK Islam has suffered from false allegations about the veiling of Muslim women for centuries. The media portrays the veil, or hijab, to be a restriction on Muslim women when it is really an act of modesty. It is one of the most misunderstood concepts of Islam. Society believes…
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Zile Huma Ahmad, Southfields, London As I sit here thinking about the upcoming International Day of Peace I ask myself: what does peace mean to me? Do we achieve peace by buying t-shirts, mugs and going to peace concerts? These actions no doubt have good and noble intentions but a real difference cannot be made…
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Ayesha Mahmood Malik, Hampshire Imagine it is the 7th century. Camels and horseback dot the Arabian sands that continue to sprawl endlessly into the horizon. Desert dwellers use basic oils or the friction from rubbing stones to light wood to warm themselves in the desert chill and also use these fires as stoves. Tales of…
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Sarah Waseem, London I read with some surprise and concern that a group headed by former Parliamentary candidate Amina Lone, is planning to meet with Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of Schools to discuss the “unacceptable rise of the hijab in state funded primary schools”. In a rather convoluted letter, the group argue that primary schools, by allowing…
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