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Nadia Ghauri, Oxford The ‘West’ is a nebulous concept; at times glorified as a model of modern civilisation, and at others, denigrated as superficial and morally corrupted. I grew up in a small, rural city in southern England. Naturally, as a Muslim of Pakistani heritage I would feel out of place in a city that…
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Baaria Basit, London Sometimes I forget that there are people that come to Jalsa just for Jalsa, as ever since the age of seven I have been lucky enough to do different duties every year Alhamdulillah. Starting from small things such as hygiene and cleanliness, water duty, to MTA filming and press and media. The…
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The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (peace be on him) claimed to be the awaited Messiah and the Imam Mahdi. He was born in 1835 in a remote village named Qadian, in the Punjab, India. The small village of Qadian was then without any link with the rest of…
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Basma Qazi Chaudhry, Kent It is Ramadan, a holy month which takes us on a journey of spiritual enhancement and is filled with the remembrance of Allah. It is time to speak little, to eat little and to sleep little, as per a famous Persian proverb. It is also time to reflect on the many…
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For Muslim men and women the Islamic month of Ramadan is a time for spiritual rejuvenation, rekindling the spiritual spark in our hearts, to refresh our love for our Sustainer – Allah the Exalted. It is time for spiritual purification. While fasting our bodies take less food, but our souls aim to be nourished profusely…
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Zujaja Khan, London In 1981, Palestinian-American scholar Edward Saïd published his book Covering Islam, in which he analysed media representations of Islam during the late twentieth century. In particular, he looked at the Iranian hostage crisis that took place from 1979 to 1981. Saïd wrote that, It is only a slight overstatement to say that…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Mary, mother of Jesus, can often be seen portrayed in paintings as a serene figure with her head always covered and has always been a revered figure for Christians, to such an extent that in some denominations her figure can be found in churches and even prayers are said to her. Children…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At my school in West London there was a uniform policy of skirts, blouses and blazers. Trousers were not allowed at all until after I left when the great number of girls from the Indian sub-continent led to a change so trousers and in fact a traditional shalwar kameez in standard navy…
