Women
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK One of the questions that most often get asked of Muslim women is why they wear the headscarf; those who disagree with it claim it is forced on women and unnecessary in the modern world. Another is why in Islam women can’t shake the hand of men in greeting; here accusations…
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Khulat Saqi, London Having recently started at university, I reflected on how privileged I was to be able to have the freedom to study my chosen…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes, London The hijab is a garment that bestows its wearers wings of liberation. However, for those who fail to understand it, it is unjustly labelled a cage of oppression. In order to bring some clarity to this heavily misunderstood garment, a review of some facts is in order. A Divine Commandment Not…
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By Qudsia Ward, Cornwall, UK Beautiful, of the creation of Allah, are diamonds. Diamonds are carbon – carbon is in all life forms; essential! Diamonds are transparent, crystal, bright and clear. Diamonds are lustrous, reflecting and refracting light into a myriad colours. Hard and strong, diamonds mark and shape materials around them. Diamonds are beautiful;…
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By Rashida Nasir, Aldershot, UK Suffragettes and Amelia Hart What is it that sets them apart? Pioneers of their time Raising the status of womankind. No right to vote? No equal pay? How absurd In the modern day! Yet 1400 years ago Islam emerged with an eternal light Respecting women And honouring their rights While…
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By Riyya Ahmad, age 13, Aldershot, UK Islam has suffered from false allegations about the veiling of Muslim women for centuries. The media portrays the veil, or hijab, to be a restriction on Muslim women when it is really an act of modesty. It is one of the most misunderstood concepts of Islam. Society believes…
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Ayesha Mahmood Malik, Hampshire Imagine it is the 7th century. Camels and horseback dot the Arabian sands that continue to sprawl endlessly into the horizon. Desert dwellers use basic oils or the friction from rubbing stones to light wood to warm themselves in the desert chill and also use these fires as stoves. Tales of…
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Sarah Waseem, London I read with some surprise and concern that a group headed by former Parliamentary candidate Amina Lone, is planning to meet with Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of Schools to discuss the “unacceptable rise of the hijab in state funded primary schools”. In a rather convoluted letter, the group argue that primary schools, by allowing…
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Munazzah Chou, Farnham With the advent of Islam, the status of women in Arabia was raised from that of objects deserving of live burial, or as commodity to be treated or even traded as desired. Their rightful status was restored to the religious equal to their male counterparts and Islamic law made the education…
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By Navida Sayed, Hounslow, UK Every year thousands of Ahmadi Muslims flock to Jalsa Salana UK (the Annual Convention) in Alton, Hampshire. The aim of the event for the members of the community is to attain spiritual advancement, unite in universal brotherhood and promote peace. Many guests attend for whom a salient feature of the…
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