Social Justice
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Reem Shraiky, Tongham Lajna Ima’illah, meaning community of servants of Allah, is the name of the women’s auxiliary organisation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and it is indeed aptly named. Ever since it was founded a hundred years ago, its aim and objective, as stated by His Holiness Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad, who founded it,
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Khanssa Ahsan, Thornton Heath 10 years ago, the French government passed a law which stated that Muslim women were not permitted to wear the niqab, a piece of clothing that covers the face. Ironically in August of 2020, the government made it compulsory for people to start wearing a mask which covers the same part
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Eisha Sohail, Farnham What is it all about? UN Zero Discrimination Day is a day of equality, a day to celebrate the diversity in our world and to recognise the fact that everyone is different, and everyone is valued. It is a day to promote equal rights of people with different nationalities, religions, beliefs, races
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Basima Ahmad, Southfields, London Now more than ever it has become apparent how much we rely on the internet to navigate smoothly through our current society. During this pandemic so many aspects of our lives have been moved online: education, jobs, applications, and even social interactions have all had to make their way into a
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Zujaja Khan, London In 1964, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, went to Saudi Arabia to undertake Hajj. When he arrived, his passport was confiscated and he had to wait for his authenticity as a Muslim to be confirmed. As he sat in a room waiting to be seen by officials, he was
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park It’s very easy to turn our heads to some Islamic nations today and gasp in horror at the lack of tolerance amongst different religions, ethnicities, and cultures. The relentless persecution of Christians or the Yazidi, for example, in the Middle East, is most heart-breaking and worrisome. Anyone who was familiar with
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Sitwat Mirza, London Hazrat Bilal ibn Rabah (may Allah be pleased with him) was an Abyssinian who was born in slavery. He was exploited at the hands of cruel Makkans, yet Hazrat Bilal is renowned as an incredibly important black figure in Islamic history. Not only did he become one of the first nine blessed
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester The brutal murder of George Floyd in USA earlier this year sparked a surge in support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the public spotlight was focused once more on to the social injustices occurring across the globe; particularly those suffered as a result of the failure of political leaders and
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