Religion
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge The French President, Emanuel Macron, did more than just raise eyebrows when he stated that ‘Islam is a religion which is experiencing a crisis today, all over the world.’[1] Prompting boycotts of French products all over the Islamic world and protests also, his words definitely ignited a fire. Though this is nothing
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn The social order in human society, though man-made, aims to guarantee all individuals their due rights and liberties. But it is organised in a way that it confines the same individuals to certain limits, often through the means of law, to create a world where discipline is maintained. Moreover, to help societies
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Zujaja Khan, London In his book Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth (1998), His Holiness Mirza Tahir Ahmad gave an in-depth analysis of the philosophical debates surrounding the subjects of religion and rationality, spanning a diverse range of contexts and concepts. His Holiness’s work probed an age-old question; does revelation hold greater power over rationality in
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Navida Sayed, London The discussions surrounding morality and religiosity are not new and have been long debated from a philosophical, anthropological, sociological and theological perspective. Twenty first century atheists writing countless best-selling books against religion take the argument to a new level. Claiming that religion is the root cause of all evil and suffering, they
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Sabahat Asif, Mitcham Park Over the years we are increasingly witnessing countless attacks on individuals just because they practice different religions, are from different cultures or simply the fact that they don’t believe in any religion. We see many war torn countries, such as Afghanistan and Palestine, experiencing violence because of what they believe in.
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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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Aqeela Shanzay Zaffar, Glasgow 2020 has been a very shocking year for us all. Out of the blue, the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, millions of people got infected and sadly thousands passed away. This brought a drastic change in people’s lives, filled with financial losses, serious health complications and loss of loved ones. To
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester In his writings the fourth head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Tahir Ahmad (Allah have mercy on his soul), elaborates on the third article of the Islamic faith which states that Muslims must believe that all religions are true. Given the massive discrepancies amongst world religions, on the surface,
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Nida Salahat, Hounslow South One of our core British values is that of tolerance. It is also a moral virtue and the basis for a fair society, as it teaches us to acknowledge other people’s opinions and beliefs, to accept that these might differ from ours, and to not put our opinions above those of
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Mubarka Hamid, Birmingham South When you experience transgression or are wronged, it is a normal human response to react. How you react varies from person to person, and also from religion to religion. Christianity teaches us to turn the other cheek. Judaism teaches revenge in the form of an eye for an eye and a
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