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Maleeha Mansur, London In medicine, we are always taught that in making decisions about a patient, they should be involved and consulted with the ultimate choice lying with them, for all patients have capacity unless proven otherwise. So when I read about the Prime Minister’s recent intention of imposing English lessons on Muslim women, abolishing…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge Assalamoalaikum to you, Sir As a linguist and a lover of the English language (and its rich literary tradition), I applaud your efforts to better language learning amongst Muslim women. When I moved to Britain at the age of 11, I experienced first-hand how language truly is the key to integration. This…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot When David Cameron wrote his article in The Times about English lessons for Muslim women it grabbed the headlines, often accompanied by a photo of a veiled Muslim woman. If the intention was publicity it certainly succeeded. English Lessons Let’s look at what he said. Any initiative that helps non English speakers…
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Dr Fariha Khan, London David Cameron saying that “Muslim women must learn English” makes a catchy headline. Something that made everyone stop in their tracks and listen to what he had to say, no matter what side of the argument you are on. But when you go into the depths of what he said,…
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Danila Jonnud, Age 10 On the news and in newspapers we read and hear about the awful things that are happening right now. For example there were the Paris attacks, there have been terrorist threats, loads of things. All this is making some people paranoid about Muslims. We know Muslims have been pushed off buses,…
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Munazzah Chou, London My father would always advise us as young children to self-reflect at the end of each day. The purpose was to judge our spiritual progress over the last 24 hours and identify areas and avenues for improvement. Whilst I may not have been particularly assiduous in this task as a young child,…
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With the grace of Allah and through the blessings of Khilafat, the work of Lajna Ima’illah UK, the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association is ongoing throughout the year. Now as 2015 draws to a close we look back to some of the things Lajna UK was enabled to do over the year.…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At a Humanity First fundraising dinner recently I found myself in a sell-out hall full of people who had paid a ticket price, were bidding in an auction and leaving donations in envelopes when they left. It felt good to be part of this cheerful atmosphere and led me to reflect on…
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Sarah Waseem, London In the Evening Standard (07/12/15) the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has coined a lovely phase. “Every vicar is really a mad jihadist in mufti”. To put his remark in context, he was referring to the fact that …“Visible religious commitment means we are instantly at risk of being manipulated…
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Basma Qazi Chaudhry, London The title of the article by Mary Wakefield in The Spectator some four days ago ran, “The Vicar of Baghdad: ‘I’ve looked through the Qur’an trying to find forgiveness… there isn’t any [1]. While the piece mainly talks about the Anglican Church vicar Canon White and his recall to England for security…
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