Media
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Alton A hard pill to swallow is that, at the end of the day, we really don’t know others as well as we might like to think we do; even those that we love dearly, we may have grown up with them as best friends or as siblings, even under one roof.…
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Unfortunately, we see large-scale misinformation everywhere. Unaizah Ahmad and Madiha Cheema discuss how just as there are responsibilities that lie on us as an audience to discern information that we hear, we also have responsibilities when disseminating information as narrators. They look for guidance in principles that Islam teaches us about spreading rumours, gossiping and…
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Dr Amtul Kafi Yadullah Bhunnoo, London In 2024, the planet Earth surpassed the critical threshold of a 1.5 °C increase in average global temperatures above pre-industrial levels for the first time. Climate scientists confirmed this alarming milestone on January 10, 2025, indicating that the world has, at least temporarily, failed to adhere to the targets…
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Navida Sayed, London Mobile phones, iPads, tablets, and laptops significantly transformed people’s lives during the lockdown. Devices and gadgets became the central hub of social communication, education, the workplace and in the home. While electronic devices were pivotal for social connections and interactions during the pandemic, media outlets recently reported serious concerns over the dangers…
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Nadia Ghauri, Bournemouth The narratives informing our views on the world are produced and perpetuated by media outlets, books, TV programmes, even our education system. It’s often the case that we unthinkingly embrace these viewpoints. However, we need to take a step back and adopt a more critical lens. Mainstream narratives frequently use language which…
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Shumaila Iftikhar, London When we hear about Islam in the news media, the chances are it isn’t going to be positive news. Many of us in the West will be accustomed to hearing associations of Islam to, at best, backwardness and a lack of integration, and at worst, terror and resentment. Seeing coverage of the…
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