Science
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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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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes If I were to describe 2020 with the words, ‘unity, success and hope’, one would think I was writing this in 2019, for I cannot have lived through 2020 with such descriptors in mind. 2020 has become synonymous with Covid-19. It has certainly changed humanity in ways one could never have imagined.
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Maha Khan, London Many wonder whether facts and beauty can collide. Whether the workings of science can be intertwined with that of art or vice versa. Throughout history some have concluded that the line between the two subject matters is very much blurred. When discussing such a vast subject matter, one reputable historical figure that
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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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Bareya Khan, Thornton Heath Climate change is an ever-growing threat with its effects more visible than ever in the current world. 2018 was ranked the fourth warmest year on record, and the past five years have been the five warmest years since scientists started keeping record in the late-1880s. We don’t even have to look
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Nargis Mandry It is a common misconception that science and religion are essentially incompatible. Scientific knowledge – the study of life and the universe – can only cement faith not weaken it. After hearing a minister preach about the dangers of science, Maria Mitchell, America’s first female astronomer wrote: “Scientific investigations pushed on and on,
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park When we think of women and science the most well-known names that spring to mind are Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, and Ada Lovelace. Each was a pioneer of modern science and they have continued to serve as inspiration for generations of girls and women who have expressed interest in the sciences
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By Faiza Qadeer, Luton, UK Recently there was an article on Sky News which really interested me because it was about a terminally-ill 14-year girl from the UK who won a legal case shortly before her death to be cryogenically preserved in the hope that she may be brought back to life at some point
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Dr Maleeha Mansur, Hayes, UK With the news of the mother of a 14 year-old girl who has died of cancer being granted the right to cryo-preserve her body in line with her wishes, many questions, and indeed emotions, about death have come to the fore. Whilst medicine and science give little support to the proposition of
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