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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley I do not think I need to remind anyone just how much the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of society, community, and human interaction. That was the first time in my life that the Jalsa Salana UK (in its usual scale and format) was cancelled. Bad phone signals, muddy tracks, and…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes For most, even the thought of going to one’s local grocery store whilst a few months expectant, with 2 children in tow would bring the greatest anxiety. Yet, the sight of a young mother with one child in her arms, one tugging on her leg and a third running up ahead is…
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Dania Ahmed, Aldershot North For a whole year I wait impatiently for Jalsa. Many people around me wonder cluelessly, as to the reason why I am so excited; if only they knew the wonder I was awaiting. Jalsa Salana, a gathering for Ahmadi Muslims from all around the world For a few days, all my…
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford I splay out my handsInspecting my scars with awe.No longer are my wrists being wrenchedFrom my very body.I raise them in prayerGrateful that I was wrong:For my God did not forsake me. And my mission is not yet doneI must find the rest of themThe lost tribes, the lost children.Like the balm…
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Saira Bhatti, Slough All it takes, all it should take, is one person To set the wheels of truth into motion. The truth. Let’s talk about the truth. Is the truth free or is it constantly under siege? How do we hold onto peace amidst raging conflict? Journalism – this noble profession – shines a…
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Justice is a quality which the world seems in dire need of. Sometimes it feels as though justice, in our current age, has been abandoned completely, and injustice is being inflicted at an unprecedented rate. Nooresahar Ahmad and Durdana Ahmed talk about justice — the ethical and philosophical idea that people are to be treated impartially and reasonably, and…
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Yusra Dahri, Surrey
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Bareera Ghaffar, Nottingham *Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It is generally followed by the prayer “May Allah be his Helper”. I feel as though the world has plummeted into a black hole, one in which we see destruction, injustice, pain…
