Blessings
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” – Socrates, regarded as the founder of Western philosophy, is known to have said. In this day and age, in context of religious knowledge, I cannot resist but say the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) also kindled a
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge Just over one hundred years ago, in 1925, one of my favourite books was written: F Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic The Great Gatsby. The novel features a much quotable line from when one character is recalling the moment her daughter was born ‘I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a
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Our special IWD podcast takes the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, #EmbraceEquity and puts it in context by discussing how Lajna Ima’illah has been operating for the past 100 years on equity as taught by Islam. Ayesha Naseem and Dur-e-Shewar Anwar have a conversation celebrating and embracing equity in this centenary year of
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Walsall Equality has for generations been touted as the only acceptable outcome of a successful feminist movement. To appear progressive and forward thinking companies, organisations and movements must all accomplish equality between men and women. However, this sole focus on gender equality is fundamentally flawed, as it has led women to chase after
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With Allah’s grace, this is the centenary year of our wonderful Ahmadi Muslim women’s auxiliary organistaion, a time for gratefulness and reflection. Bareera Ghaffar and Dr Sarah Waseem talk about the psychology behind the immense blessings of being part of Lajna Ima’illah.
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham What is a tree without its roots? Without its foundation, without the very thing that makes it stand. Likewise, what is a tree without its branches and stems. It is the branches and stems of a tree that makes the tree come alive and stretch, reaching new heights. It is with the
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Maariya Thaker, Luton In our local Lajna branch, a meeting is held at the end of every month, where we are provided with the opportunity to discuss and present a range of different topics from each respective department of our branch, but also have the opportunity to meet with one another and this often turns
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford Living in such a fast-paced, material world, it can feel difficult at times to actively enhance our spiritual knowledge. Sometimes we get so caught up in things like school-work, or extracurricular activities, we struggle to leave some time in our days for reading a religious book or an interesting article that discusses
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Faiza Mirza, Gillingham ‘I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His servant and His Messenger. I affirm that I shall always be ready to sacrifice my life, property, time and children for the cause of
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Fezia Haq, London. Since its inception, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has been fortunate to achieve many milestones, in line with God’s promises to the Messiah & Mahdi, His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (peace be upon him). One of many promises God made to him was: “People will come to you from distant lands and the
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