Lockdown
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Amtul Kafi Yadullah Bhunnoo, London Due to COVID-19, the global economy has plummeted far worse than it did in the Great Depression [1]. However, this pandemic has only brought out the false pillars of the economy that it was standing on. Why have banks lowered the interest rate to nearly 0% in order to help
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Kholood Tahir, Morden In the past few months, we have lived through unprecedented times which will indeed make it to the history books . Covid-19 has rattled the world in such a way that people from all walks of life – the elderly, the young, the rich, the poor – are left fearing for their
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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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Sarah Ward, London Despite being born decades after, the iconic sounds of the sixties were the memorable backdrop to my childhood. On long car journeys, the only acceptable music came from my father’s cassettes containing the hit parade from his own adolescence. Today, many lyrics are still imprinted on my memory. And at this turbulent
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Sitwat Mirza, London Amidst all the hysteria that this pandemic has wrought, we have also witnessed the emergence of an increasingly thoughtful society built on the values of compassion and respect towards humanity. It is now our collective responsibility to maintain this level of heartfelt commitment towards performing humanitarian acts for the greater good. Islam
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park A question that we continue to hear in every debate, every newscast, every conversation regarding the lockdown. One cannot deny the fact that we live in a world that has made us all dependent on money. The novel coronavirus, for all of us, has put a pause on the normalcy of
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Tahira Chaudhry, London In the comfort of our homes we have sought refuge from Covid-19 and it is in this relative comfort that we have watched as thousands have struggled, been hurt, grieved and tens of thousands have sadly passed away. Difficulties often serve to reawaken our humility, ever present in us but sometimes silenced
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Sameen Rashid Chaudhary, London Ramadan 2020 has certainly been different. As Muslims we understand that during this holy month Satan is locked up in chains and the gates of Hell are closed[1]. This year, with a global pandemic raging, a large portion of the Muslim Ummah worldwide is on lockdown. And, as we are in
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