Peace
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To celebrate Lajna Ima’illah’s Centenary, Lajna UK has created 19 different postcards to help Lajna members to immerse themselves in their history. These postcards are semi-fictional. Whilst they are based upon real events, locations and time periods, the letters themselves were written by current Lajna members. We handed out these postcards during Jalsa Salana UK
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Faiza Mirza, Gillingham ‘I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His servant and His Messenger. I affirm that I shall always be ready to sacrifice my life, property, time and children for the cause of
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As this month Muslims all over the world will celebrate Eid ul Adha, also known as Eid of sacrifice, we present a series of blogs on sacrifice and what it really means to followers of the Islamic faith. Tahira Chaudhry, London We make sacrifices daily as we balance our options and decide what we want.
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee this month brings me back to ten years ago, to her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Back then, I didn’t really take much notice of the gemstone that had been added to Her Majesty’s metaphorical crown of time. All I really cared about was the fact that my school
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Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee earlier this month. We present here the 3rd blog in our series on the various hierarchical jewels associated with Jubilees and their symbolism as seen in the invaluable principles of Islam. Arfa Yassir, Swindon Works of literature and poetry often refer to gemstones, owing to their beauty, solid
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*Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Yusra Dahri, Tilford Last year, I wrote an article entitled ‘Our Khalifa in the Quiet: the Greatness of Humility’ about His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad – my grandfather. It was my first time writing an
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn Humans are curious beings. We are always looking for things to do, issues to talk about, and whether we openly ask them or we don’t, we also always question. Searching, questioning, and having the desire for learning is an ability given to us by Allah the Almighty. And among everything He has
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Each individual has a handful of experiences which turn out to be imperative towards their understanding of the world. One such moment, for me, was at the age of 16 or 17 when I attended an event organised at the mosque by the Ahmadiyya Women’s Student’s Association where women of various
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Salvation may be described as the state of balance and harmony of our spiritual being. Since our spiritual beings transcend the boundaries of this life, such harmony is carried to the afterlife, as well. Islam teaches this state can be achieved, or the process can start at least, in this life. Spiritual
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Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, Newcastle We have all heard of the expression ‘words can make or break a person’, but do we deeply reflect on it? As we begin the holy month of Ramadan and navigate through its first Ashra (ten days), let us pause and think of the last time somebody’s words hurt our feelings and
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