Holy Quran
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Kinza Ahmad, Epsom Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief…
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Munazzah Chou, Farnham All are agreed on UN Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 of which deals with welfare: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services… But we don’t have…
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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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Sitwat Mirza, London Article 18 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park No Justice, No Peace. These words have been at the forefront of African American civil rights movements since 1986 after the murder of Michael Griffith, and words that we continued to hear over the summer of 2020 as stories of police brutality and protests flooded news outlets. Justice is no new…
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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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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester On January 30th 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Covid-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern and life as we knew it began to change. The effects of this pandemic have been globally overwhelming with rolling lockdowns across the world, economic collapse in some of the…
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford. A month of fasting sounds daunting when looked at from a distance. A month of depriving yourself from some of the most necessary means of human survival from sunrise to sunset. A month of exercising your patience to immeasurable lengths. A month of bettering yourself and feeling empathy with those who are…
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Navida Sayed, London All I could see was doctors and nurses in blue or green gowns, gloves, masks, eye protection and aprons, I hadn’t seen this in any of my previous hospital admissions. As I lay almost paralysed unable to move my body I gasped for air. I opened my eyes, my heart was racing…
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