Self-reflection
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From the outside looking in, it may seem that faith is something static, something that has been chosen and then adhered to seamlessly and effortlessly. Iffat Mirza Rashid and Khaula Safeer discuss the difficulties that can arise when it comes to maintaining firm faith and indeed the very relationship believers have with the idea of
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford I imagine Noah’s son On his treacherous mountain walk Climbing, craving, clinging to rock Until his hands are ripped up and raw. The old part of me, desperate to be strong Can almost hear his thoughts Shaking his head at his father Not trusting him at all: (Why get on a wooden
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford My teenage years revolved mostly around one, self-absorbed question: what is my purpose? Now, as a Muslim I knew that my purpose was to worship Allah, but unfortunately I was too absorbed into Western individualism to properly accept this answer. Surely that couldn’t be all? I wanted to have an additional cool,
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A poem by Yusra Dahri, Tilford.
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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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Jaziba Ahmed, Earlsfield 2020 was a most significant and life-changing year for all of us. A year where life took a sudden turn as the outbreak of the coronavirus dominated all over the world and forced us into lockdown here in the UK. From the closure of schools, universities and work to not being able
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Wadiah Mirza, Hayes As we step into the New Year, we are forced to reflect upon the momentous year we just went through. Indeed, 2020 will go down in the record books as the year in which we witnessed a whirlwind of unexpected and unimaginable events. Whilst reflecting we may ponder over all that we
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