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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn *Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Some days ago, when I wrote a blog about the experience of witnessing fear turning into security and peace because of Khilafat [Caliphate], I did not know that the following Friday, Huzoor,
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge This last Ramadan I had invited some old school friends to break our fast together and have dinner. As we discussed our plans for the rest of the year, events that we had looked forward to for months, tickets bought a year ago, or celebrations coming up, one issue kept coming up:
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn The idea of unity is very unique – it is a prerequisite for anything that involves more than one person. Families, friendships, teams, communities, nations – you name it – none of these can survive in harmony if they are void of unity or mutual respect. Establishing and preserving unity among Muslims
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With Allah’s grace, as we complete 100 years of our wonderful Ahmadi Muslim women’s auxiliary organistaion, Bareera Ghaffar and Matina Hakim reflect over what Lajna Ima’illah means to them, how it has shaped their lives and how they feel blessed to be a part of it.
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Generally, I try to be quite an optimistic person. I’m not necessarily the kind of person to blindly insist the glass is half-full but I will certainly search for justifications to make the case. But I have to admit, lately it’s been a little harder to be optimistic. News headlines of
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn Often in life, you want to turn to someone for guidance, for advice, or simply to be heard and to be understood. After our parents, the people we often look towards are our siblings or our closest friends. They say family is your safe haven, it is your comfort place, and the
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In this episode of the British Muslim Women’s podcast, Iffat Mirza, Nooresahar Ahmed and Melissa Ahmedi reflect upon the lessons we learned over the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of social responsibility not only during trying times, but in society always.
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In the month Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, we present the second blog in our series on the various hierarchical jewels associated with Jubilees and their symbolic meaning in relation to the invaluable principles given in the Holy Qur’an. Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn With the widespread national celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee of Her
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*Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Yusra Dahri, Tilford Last year, I wrote an article entitled ‘Our Khalifa in the Quiet: the Greatness of Humility’ about His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad – my grandfather. It was my first time writing an
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn Humans are curious beings. We are always looking for things to do, issues to talk about, and whether we openly ask them or we don’t, we also always question. Searching, questioning, and having the desire for learning is an ability given to us by Allah the Almighty. And among everything He has
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