Peace
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham “My Lord, open out for me my breast, and ease for me my task, and loose the knot of my tongue, that they may understand my speech” – Surah Taha verse 26-29. The last few weeks I have found myself pondering on this verse in a different way than I had been
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon These are difficult times, when you switch on the news or check social media, the reality that you see is heartbreaking. The agony of the Palestinian people after Israel’s attack is horrific. One just wonders if watching it through news, images and videos is so painful, how do those people, who are
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Christmas is approaching and here in the UK the shops are full of festive colours, gift ideas and party food. Houses have been decorated for days with twinkling lights and inflatable snowmen. On the television we can see the Covid inquiry which has been investigating the top politicians’ behaviour and choices during
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire When I was young and innocent – well, younger – I remember crying many nights. I was 12 years old, and for the first time, I had learnt in very graphic detail that humans could be really and truly awful. It’s not that I didn’t know already that bad people existed in
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot ‘Thou shalt not kill’; whatever background or religion we belong to or whichever country we come from, the taking of a life is a most terrible crime. That crime is even worse when children, innocent and helpless, are the victims, because of course, what kind of person would take the life of
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This poem is dedicated to our world leaders. If they have a duty to lead, then it is also their duty to be #voicesforpeace
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham The last few weeks there has been a plethora of news from multiple mediums coming from the Middle East. At the centre of this news is a place engulfed in pain, grief, yet a strong sense of resilience. But Palestine, and Palestinians are more than their pain and more than just this
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In a few days time, Armistice Day will be commemorated across the world, with special remembrance services around the UK and the USA. The only question I have is, how? How will the world leaders commemorate Remembrance Day and repeat the slogan of Lest we forget when in real time, in front
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot In recent years it has become evident that the world has become more divisive and filled with conflict and last month matters became far worse with the Hamas attack in Israel followed by Israeli bombings of the Gaza Strip leading to the deaths of thousands of men, women and children, most of
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge If you’re like me, you’ve probably also been glued to a screen the last two weeks. Simultaneously wishing you could simply turn off your screen and hoping the violence, injustices, and horrors would stop, but also knowing that living in the safety of a London suburb, the least I can do is
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