Covid19
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In an address on Friday 1st January 2021, the head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, his Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad discussed the impact of the previous year meanwhile urging us all to strive in the upcoming months and year to bring about a revolutionary change in the state of the world.[1] Every
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Maaham Ahmad, South Wimbledon This past year has come with great difficulties and challenges for us all. Like everyone else, I have spent this time staying home trying to keep myself and those around me safe. Also like most people around the world, I have been even more tuned in to the television and
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Aroosa Akram, Slough We as humans, have been social creatures since the beginning of time, travelling in packs, and having families. This past year has been a life changing one for a lot of us, with so many people having to give up meeting loved ones and staying socially distanced as per government guidelines. This
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Khoula Saeed, Tilford In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. As the clock struck midnight on January 1st 2020, cities erupted in fireworks and celebrations. Food was shared, best wishes were spread. In my local mosque Prayers were led. The world extended its welcome to the upcoming year. New Year’s Day brings not
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Dr Fariha Khan, London The end of the year is always about reflection on the year gone and about making resolutions, promises and plans for the coming year. This is a time honoured tradition and pretty much universal. As we are drawing to the end of 2020 we can pretty much say that this year
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford A global pandemic has broken global morale. Loved ones have been lost, education has been disrupted, and societal fabric has unravelled. Mental health – let’s agree that if we didn’t need help before, we need it now. For many of us, prayer is the only thing we have left. We have been
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Nida Mansoor, London As I stared out of the window overlooking the high street, sipping my coffee, a common gesture between a professional looking gentleman and lady who were observing social distance, caught my introspective eye. The gentleman incautiously reached out his hand to the lady upon which she raised her brows and politely declined
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge ‘Generate hope. Be ever hopeful. This also fosters self – respect. Continue to be optimistic.’ (His Holiness Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him). ‘The Way of the Seekers’ p. 104) Looking back on 2020 is like looking at your reflection in a rippling pond in the dark of
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Wajeeha Rana, Slough The year 2020 has been an eventful one, and the effects of the pandemic have been felt at all levels of society. This was one experience that the most privileged found no money could buy them a way out of. We may have found that our health and that of our loved
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Munazzah Chou, Farnham 20/20 vision is a way of saying a person can see perfectly. The events of this year have certainly allowed me to see some things more clearly. The average person is said to think over 6000 thoughts a day, but through much of 2020, I imagine that many of us may have