History
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Sophia Anwar, Birmingham South History is witness to the fact that there has been much inequality between men and women. The basic right to vote, have an education, divorce or inherit is not something we should take for granted and we owe gratitude to those who campaigned and worked hard to obtain these rights. International
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge The word ‘history’ in many languages is the same word as the word ‘story’, thus signalling the question ‘do we ever have a neutral history?’ Or are all histories just narratives that have been spun in order to entrap their prey? Quite often we attribute the horrendous terror attacks of 9/11 as
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester ‘Islamist’ Separatism – whilst the terminology may be new, and the word ‘Islamist’ dubious at best, and wicked at worst, the contention is old. A political concept, borne of a fundamental lack of understanding of the true teachings of Islam; this term suggests that Islamic teachings and values are in direct opposition
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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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