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Arfa Yassir, Swindon There are endless signs of God Almighty in the physical world, contemplation will always point towards the existence of a Supreme Power. In the spiritual world, Prophets of God, their lives, character, decisions and their success, are a main sign of God Almighty. Someone who proclaims God speaks to him, either
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Indeed, happiness is something that cannot be taken for granted. This world is full of pain and grief but there are beautiful moments which are interspersed throughout our life where our cheeks may ache with smiles too big for our faces to bear. Whether it is laughing with your siblings around
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Siddiqa Faisal, Hayes For centuries women are known to have a deep love and inspiration for ornaments. Ornaments, collected from the bowels of the deep, deepest of oceans, or mined from the hard, hardest of mountains. Women are so inspired by ornaments and gems, that if I say that they are “a weakness of 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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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn The term ‘revolution’ has several meanings, and it is manifested in different ways; but broadly speaking revolution is about bringing or causing a great change. The world has witnessed political, social, and economic revolutions throughout history. But there is one rather distinct kind of revolution that is not as greatly explored nor
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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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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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