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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge I’m a Muslim. ‘Muslim’ literally means ‘one who submits’ so yes my every day is filled with a hundred different acts of submission. Islam is based on the foundation of submission and as one scholar commented it truly is remarkable how an entire religion with its own social patterns and legal framework…
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Hamdah Farooqi In BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme on 18th January 2016, the comments made by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, were very welcome for the encouragement of learning English, which is of course crucial to how a person connects and communicates with society. I would also however value the comments by former Chief Superintendent…
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Nasira Rehman As the elected president of the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK I wish to express my concerns about the Prime Minister’s recent comments regarding Muslim women in British society. Throughout history Britain has been known as a frontrunner in justice, therefore Mr. Cameron’s proposed policy which could result in deporting…
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Ayesha Malik, Surrey These have been troubling times for adherents of the Islamic faith with the rising tide of extremism along with an increasing number of Muslim scholars and clerics attempting to monopolise a singular path to salvation. Most Muslim-majority countries have adopted constitutional clauses mandating that all…
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Maleeha Mansur, London In medicine, we are always taught that in making decisions about a patient, they should be involved and consulted with the ultimate choice lying with them, for all patients have capacity unless proven otherwise. So when I read about the Prime Minister’s recent intention of imposing English lessons on Muslim women, abolishing…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge Assalamoalaikum to you, Sir As a linguist and a lover of the English language (and its rich literary tradition), I applaud your efforts to better language learning amongst Muslim women. When I moved to Britain at the age of 11, I experienced first-hand how language truly is the key to integration. This…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot When David Cameron wrote his article in The Times about English lessons for Muslim women it grabbed the headlines, often accompanied by a photo of a veiled Muslim woman. If the intention was publicity it certainly succeeded. English Lessons Let’s look at what he said. Any initiative that helps non English speakers…
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Dr Fariha Khan, London David Cameron saying that “Muslim women must learn English” makes a catchy headline. Something that made everyone stop in their tracks and listen to what he had to say, no matter what side of the argument you are on. But when you go into the depths of what he said,…
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Danila Jonnud, Age 10 On the news and in newspapers we read and hear about the awful things that are happening right now. For example there were the Paris attacks, there have been terrorist threats, loads of things. All this is making some people paranoid about Muslims. We know Muslims have been pushed off buses,…
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Munazzah Chou, London My father would always advise us as young children to self-reflect at the end of each day. The purpose was to judge our spiritual progress over the last 24 hours and identify areas and avenues for improvement. Whilst I may not have been particularly assiduous in this task as a young child,…
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