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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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Aqeela Shanzay Zaffar, Glasgow 2020 has been a very shocking year for us all. Out of the blue, the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, millions of people got infected and sadly thousands passed away. This brought a drastic change in people’s lives, filled with financial losses, serious health complications and loss of loved ones. To
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Manaal Rehman, London By the grace of Allah, I have been amongst a blessed few to have all of my childhood, teenage age years and early adulthood, surrounded by all four of my grandparents. I had the opportunity to be spoilt by them, loved by them, to know them in their health, be imparted with
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Shaukat Bhatti, Leamington Spa My friend from school sent her close friends an amateur vlog of her illustrating a make-up skill. I learnt nothing from her teaching, as my concentration honed in to what was happening behind the camera. The sweet repetitions, of mummy this.., and mummy that could be heard, followed by several nonsense
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Fezia Haq, London “…This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as religion…” Our faith is one which has thoroughly guided us in all aspects of life. This by no means excludes the concept of fairness and justice. In fact, Islam has
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Arooba Hameed, Newcastle As an immunology student, I remember the first time I studied viruses – gosh! I thought, a creation of Allah Almighty, resembling something out of a horror story; something like a villain hypnotizing every human on the planet. One such tiny virus has brought the world down for the past many months
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Huma Qadeer, Luton I would like to share here my experience as an Ahmadi Muslim woman during Lockdown in Luton. I am married and blessed with five children aged between 8-18 years old. It has been over a month in now in lockdown, and we have come to terms with being at home. We have
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Sameen Rashid, London Trusts, pension funds, savings accounts, property, even gold…just some of the ways that people have come up with to invest and secure their future. Financial freedom when you are no longer able to work is a blessing indeed, maintaining your independence and your dignity. It is something that many of us aspire
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