Sisterhood
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Meher Shazia Chaudhry, Aged 10, Bexley and Greenwich Being an Ahmadi Muslim is a true blessing from Allah, and attending the annual Jalsa Salana is an integral part of this spiritual journey. This year’s Jalsa held a special place in my heart as I had the opportunity to serve on water duty for the first
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On International Women’s Day, Nooresahar Ahmad and Tooba Khokhar discuss this year’s aim of Accelerate Action. What are the ways in which we can progress women’s rights in the 21st century? What does equality and justice mean for women in conflicts around the world? And what lessons can we learn from the Islamic past that
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Fatiha Nadeem and Madhea Iqbal talk about the beneficial and uplifting Lajna UK National Ijtema experiences they have had as they look forward to our next Ijtema in two days!
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Fatiha Nadeem, Bradford Unity. Love. Service. Such emotions and sentiments arise when attending the Jalsa Salana UK. By the grace of Allah, I had the blessed opportunity to attend this year’s Jalsa a few days ago and will try to summarise my experience. My family and I began our journey on Thursday morning from my
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To celebrate Lajna Ima’illah’s Centenary, Lajna UK has created 19 different postcards to help Lajna members to immerse themselves in their history. These postcards are semi-fictional. Whilst they are based upon real events, locations and time periods, the letters themselves were written by current Lajna members. We handed out these postcards during Jalsa Salana UK
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge The future tense is such a beautiful thing that we have in many languages. There is no greater affirmation that being told you can and will do something. The promise of being able to use your abilities to achieve, create, learn, teach etc is a precious thing to recognise in ourselves, others,
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon There is a constant chant for rights of women and their empowerment on various platforms. For some the chant is just for the sake of it, and some genuinely believe empowerment can improve health, reduce poverty and inequality. Islam claims to empower women in the true sense, but the popular perception is
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In the pre-Islamic society, women lived in atrocious conditions. It was the advent of Islam, the Holy Qur’an, and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) that ensured the fundamental rights of women and provided them with the honour and respect that they deserved in society. However, as
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As we mark our Lajna Centenary, in this episode of the British Muslim Women’s podcast, Bareera Ghaffar and Mrs Iftikhar-un-Nisa Yusaf talk about how our Lajna branches aim to promote the moral and spiritual uplift of women. They discuss how this is done through religious and secular education and training and how Lajna are engaged
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Part II Kholood Munir Tahir, London One beautiful memory of my visit to Qadian in January 2023 that I will cherish is that of the piety and simplicity of the elder members of Lajna Ima’illah that I saw, whose hearts brimmed with such unwavering love and kindness: Due to the snowy weather conditions in Kashmir
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