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Tehmeena Luqman Amir, London For those saying Muslims aren’t condemning the Paris attacks, you aren’t looking in the right places. After all if you find Muslims condemning terrorism and actually talking sense, there is no easy, common enemy, is there? Piers Morgan and Bill O’Reilly say they want to see Muslims rally in the streets…
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Ayesha Malik, Tilford I had just come out of an enriching and thought provoking discussion on whether religion is really violent in Saint Anthony’s College Oxford, delivered by the witty yet incredibly persuasive Karen Armstrong, when news of the deadly attacks in Paris swept across the media. Terrorism has no religion Armstrong had said, espousing…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot When news breaks of attacks such as those that took place in Paris two days ago, horrific as they are, the sadness and shock Muslims join the world in feeling, can be juxtaposed with an irrational sense of culpability. Yes, we have become conditioned to terrorist atrocities followed by criticism of Islam…
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Sarah Khan, London I’m glad that I’m a child of the 80s. I missed out on the fabled ‘Gen x’ by a couple of years, I wasn’t a baby-boomer like my parents and for a long time it felt like I was just floating around without a label for myself and my peers. What was…
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Sameen Rashid, London To Paris. The picturesque city with long boulevards and rues, with tiny blue signs, interlocking at corners where beautiful buildings stand. With small black balconies and large windows adorned with wooden shutters. Cafes with seats facing the city, watching passers-by. Metro signs in red and white on iconic lamp posts. To the…
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Sameea Jonnud. Aldershot, UK The red poppy has become the symbol of remembrance since WWI and is worn on lapels and laid in wreaths on memorials across the country; the first poppy appeal was held in 1921 and has been going ever since with proceeds going towards assisting service personnel and their families. Poppies grew…
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Maleeha Mansur – Hayes, UK لا الہ الا اللہ محمد رسول اللہ “There is none worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is His servant and messenger.” This is the most sacred declaration of a faith whose very name means ‘peace’ and ‘submission’ – the religion of Islam. However, today the written form of this…
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