Religion
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge The word ‘history’ in many languages is the same word as the word ‘story’, thus signalling the question ‘do we ever have a neutral history?’ Or are all histories just narratives that have been spun in order to entrap their prey? Quite often we attribute the horrendous terror attacks of 9/11 as
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Roofia Mubashar, Wimbledon Park Conveying His message is the sacred obligation assigned by God to His Prophets. On the one hand, this divine tradition shows its importance as well as its significance, and on the other, it emphasises that it is the Prophets alone who are the real torchbearers of this sacred trust; every moment
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Renowned for their fluency in speech and richness of language, the Arabs were the fortunate nation among whom the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was born. The Word of God which was revealed to him captivated the hearts of many who were learned as well as those who were
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Aqeela Shanzay Zaffar, Glasgow Allah states in the Holy Qur’an: “And I have not created the jinn and the men but that they may worship Me.” (51:57) [1] Since life started on earth, numerous individuals have claimed to be in direct communication with God Almighty. They gave guidelines and principles on how we should live
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge The Medici family, rulers of Florence during the European Renaissance period, left their mark in every cobblestone of the city, and in the very spirit of art across Europe for the next five centuries. Their influence cannot go unnoticed and whether we like it or not, their role in patronising and commissioning
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Sitwat Mirza, London Article 18 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be on him), the Messenger of Islam and the Seal of all the Prophets stated in his last sermon over 1400 years ago: ‘ Neither an Arab has superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab over an Arab. A white person is not superior to a
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park “He it is Who sends down water for you from the clouds; out of it you have your drink, and there grow from it trees on which you pasture your cattle.” (Holy Qur’an chapter 16, verse 11) If anyone knows anything about me, it is that I love flowers. They give
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Aroosa Akram, Slough In Islam the Oneness of God is fundamental and Muslims believe that God created the universe. The cosmological arguments support this claim because a cosmological argument argues that there must be a God to explain the existence of the universe. To fully understand the cosmological arguments one has to look at the
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Yusra Dahri, Surrey For as long as I can remember, I have been living here in the UK. I grew up in full view of the passing train and formidable trees. On the terrace I stood in awe of the mosque next to me. From my bedroom window, I could see the tip of a
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