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Dr Maleeha Mansur, UK ‘Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. It shall have the reward it earns, and it shall get the punishment it incurs…’ (The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 2: Verse 287) Euthanasia, assisted suicide, mercy killing, call it what you may, but it has recently taken the headlines once again with France…
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Hamdah Farooqi In BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme on 18th January 2016, the comments made by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, were very welcome for the encouragement of learning English, which is of course crucial to how a person connects and communicates with society. I would also however value the comments by former Chief Superintendent…
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Nasira Rehman As the elected president of the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK I wish to express my concerns about the Prime Minister’s recent comments regarding Muslim women in British society. Throughout history Britain has been known as a frontrunner in justice, therefore Mr. Cameron’s proposed policy which could result in deporting…
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Munazzah Chou, London My father would always advise us as young children to self-reflect at the end of each day. The purpose was to judge our spiritual progress over the last 24 hours and identify areas and avenues for improvement. Whilst I may not have been particularly assiduous in this task as a young child,…
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With the grace of Allah and through the blessings of Khilafat, the work of Lajna Ima’illah UK, the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association is ongoing throughout the year. Now as 2015 draws to a close we look back to some of the things Lajna UK was enabled to do over the year.…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At a Humanity First fundraising dinner recently I found myself in a sell-out hall full of people who had paid a ticket price, were bidding in an auction and leaving donations in envelopes when they left. It felt good to be part of this cheerful atmosphere and led me to reflect on…
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Sarah Waseem, London In the Evening Standard (07/12/15) the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has coined a lovely phase. “Every vicar is really a mad jihadist in mufti”. To put his remark in context, he was referring to the fact that …“Visible religious commitment means we are instantly at risk of being manipulated…
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Hajra Ahmad, USA You came, with your eyes full of revenge, Your hands, eager to destroy, Your mouths, foaming with rage, Shouting in the name of Allah, Screaming in the name of His Messenger. You knocked down the doors. You broke down the windows. Breaking, smashing, looting, Burning down the livelihood of hundreds. The…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot How did you feel as the news of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris was unfolding? Probably the same as everyone else – shock followed by sadness. However how we Muslims feel after this may be different due to the fact that so many atrocities have recently been carried out in the name of Islam. As a…
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Sameen Rashid, London United we stand… and fall to our knees, in prostration before the Almighty. We stand before Him in Prayer, in rows facing His House. We all bow and prostrate at one command. We are an army, an army of God, a spiritual force. We stand shoulder to shoulder, ready and willing to…
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