Equality

  • Sitwat Mirza, London Hazrat Bilal ibn Rabah (may Allah be pleased with him) was an Abyssinian who was born in slavery.  He was exploited at the hands of cruel Makkans, yet Hazrat Bilal is renowned as an incredibly important black figure in Islamic history. Not only did he become one of the first nine blessed

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  • Dur-e-Shewar Anwar,  Manchester  The brutal murder of George Floyd in USA earlier this year sparked a surge in support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the public spotlight was focused once more on to the social injustices occurring across the globe; particularly those suffered as a result of the failure of political leaders and

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  • Fateha Khawaja, Tilford The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be on him), the Messenger of Islam and the Seal of all the Prophets stated in his last sermon over 1400 years ago: ‘ Neither an Arab has superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab over an Arab. A white person is not superior to a

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  • Tooba Ali “Allah” means “God”, “Haq” means “Truth”—these two words most often used to speak of the Divine in Islam encapsulate the very heart of this faith. That God is all that is true, the centre and orb of the universe. The Holy Qur’an enumerates many of the Divine Attributes, the “Asmaa al Husna” (lit.

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