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Aqeela Shanzay Zaffar, Glasgow Allah states in the Holy Qur’an: “And I have not created the jinn and the men but that they may worship Me.” (51:57) [1] Since life started on earth, numerous individuals have claimed to be in direct communication with God Almighty. They gave guidelines and principles on how we should live…
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford Perhaps the easiest way to explain to a child where God lives is to just look above you, look at the sky. Sometimes you don’t even have to say a word – the child will just follow your gaze and understand. Eventually that child will grow older and understand that God is…
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge The Medici family, rulers of Florence during the European Renaissance period, left their mark in every cobblestone of the city, and in the very spirit of art across Europe for the next five centuries. Their influence cannot go unnoticed and whether we like it or not, their role in patronising and commissioning…
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Nadia Ghauri, Bournemouth My recent attempt to take another one of those ‘sunset shots’ ended in that all too familiar sense of dissatisfaction. No phone camera, no filter, no level of photoshop could do justice to the resplendent spectacle before me. The luminous skies which swathed the landscape in a soft apricot glow, flecked with…
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Kinza Ahmad, Epsom Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief…
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Munazzah Chou, Farnham All are agreed on UN Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 of which deals with welfare: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services… But we don’t have…
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Shaukat Bhatti, Leamington Spa My friend from school sent her close friends an amateur vlog of her illustrating a make-up skill. I learnt nothing from her teaching, as my concentration honed in to what was happening behind the camera. The sweet repetitions, of mummy this.., and mummy that could be heard, followed by several nonsense…
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Sitwat Mirza, London Article 18 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in…
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Fezia Haq, London “…This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as religion…” Our faith is one which has thoroughly guided us in all aspects of life. This by no means excludes the concept of fairness and justice. In fact, Islam has…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park No Justice, No Peace. These words have been at the forefront of African American civil rights movements since 1986 after the murder of Michael Griffith, and words that we continued to hear over the summer of 2020 as stories of police brutality and protests flooded news outlets. Justice is no new…
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