Ramadan
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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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In this episode of The British Muslim Women’s podcast, Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Faiza Mirza and Labeeda Bhatti talk about fasting in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. They discuss why is physical health important and how can our physical health impact our faith? There has been huge emphasis in this past year on mental health and…
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Nadia Ghauri, Bournemouth Our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing are inseparable. This is expounded by His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (peace be upon him), the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: “All our natural actions like eating, drinking, sleeping waking…affect our spiritual condition. Our physical structure is related intimately to our total humanity…there is a…
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Dr Munazzah Chou, Farnham The Holy Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be on him) is said to have remarked that, ‘There are two blessings of which people do not take full advantage: health and leisure.’[1] Physical health is an essential part of the spiritual progress of a person, we are taught in Islam. It…
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Saleha Bakhtiar, London Scrolling through alislam.org, the structure of the website reminded me of my very first (Power Point) presentation on God. In Year five we were given access to the internet to make a project on something we felt passionate about. So, there I sat in front of a computer, struggling to copy…
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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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Aroosa Akram, Slough There is no doubt that there is a serious pandemic still running rampant in the U.K. and the world, however this is not the first pandemic and unfortunately it’s unlikely it will be the last. There are ways to prevent a recurrence through measures like better personal hygiene and containing the first…
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford. A month of fasting sounds daunting when looked at from a distance. A month of depriving yourself from some of the most necessary means of human survival from sunrise to sunset. A month of exercising your patience to immeasurable lengths. A month of bettering yourself and feeling empathy with those who are…
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Huma Qadeer, Luton I would like to share here my experience as an Ahmadi Muslim woman during Lockdown in Luton. I am married and blessed with five children aged between 8-18 years old. It has been over a month in now in lockdown, and we have come to terms with being at home. We have…
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Navida Sayed, London All I could see was doctors and nurses in blue or green gowns, gloves, masks, eye protection and aprons, I hadn’t seen this in any of my previous hospital admissions. As I lay almost paralysed unable to move my body I gasped for air. I opened my eyes, my heart was racing…
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