Politics
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Mubarika Sami, Chessington, UK Islam is a religion which prescribes the middle way. As the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said ‘I pray, yet I sleep. I fast yet I eat’ in order to discourage his followers from going to extremes.’ Moderation extends to all spheres. Increasingly extremist groups notably the
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Navida Sayed, London Religious persecution in Pakistan against Ahmadis has existed since they were declared non-Muslims in the amendment introduced in Pakistan’s Constitution in 1974. Since then, many hard line Muslims refuse to have anything to do with Ahmadis considering them as social outcasts; many Ahmadis have faced bitter persecution and some have been murdered
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK It is so common these days to hear about terrorist atrocities being committed by extremists and while many right wing groups are also a cause of terror, for a Muslim it is more painful when Muslim extremists kill and maim innocent people and say it is in the name of Islam. When
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By Dr Maleeha Mansur To the Department of Health I am a junior doctor working in the NHS but I will not be striking today. Why? Because Islam does not let me disrupt the peace of society in order to gain my rights. It is truly saddening to see that our government is not willing to
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Ayesha Malik, Surrey These have been troubling times for adherents of the Islamic faith with the rising tide of extremism along with an increasing number of Muslim scholars and clerics attempting to monopolise a singular path to salvation. Most Muslim-majority countries have adopted constitutional clauses mandating that all
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge Assalamoalaikum to you, Sir As a linguist and a lover of the English language (and its rich literary tradition), I applaud your efforts to better language learning amongst Muslim women. When I moved to Britain at the age of 11, I experienced first-hand how language truly is the key to integration. This
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot When David Cameron wrote his article in The Times about English lessons for Muslim women it grabbed the headlines, often accompanied by a photo of a veiled Muslim woman. If the intention was publicity it certainly succeeded. English Lessons Let’s look at what he said. Any initiative that helps non English speakers
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Dr Fariha Khan, London David Cameron saying that “Muslim women must learn English” makes a catchy headline. Something that made everyone stop in their tracks and listen to what he had to say, no matter what side of the argument you are on. But when you go into the depths of what he said,
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Danila Jonnud, Age 10 On the news and in newspapers we read and hear about the awful things that are happening right now. For example there were the Paris attacks, there have been terrorist threats, loads of things. All this is making some people paranoid about Muslims. We know Muslims have been pushed off buses,
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