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Sarah Khan, London I believe in peace. Seeking peace is a cornerstone of my daily life. When I rise in the darkness before dawn, I wish peace on my loved ones in particular, and the world in general. When I greet my children, I wish them peace, just as I leave them with an expression…
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Hajra Ahmad, USA You came, with your eyes full of revenge, Your hands, eager to destroy, Your mouths, foaming with rage, Shouting in the name of Allah, Screaming in the name of His Messenger. You knocked down the doors. You broke down the windows. Breaking, smashing, looting, Burning down the livelihood of hundreds. The…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot How did you feel as the news of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris was unfolding? Probably the same as everyone else – shock followed by sadness. However how we Muslims feel after this may be different due to the fact that so many atrocities have recently been carried out in the name of Islam. As a…
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Sameen Rashid, London United we stand… and fall to our knees, in prostration before the Almighty. We stand before Him in Prayer, in rows facing His House. We all bow and prostrate at one command. We are an army, an army of God, a spiritual force. We stand shoulder to shoulder, ready and willing to…
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Tehmeena Luqman Amir, London For those saying Muslims aren’t condemning the Paris attacks, you aren’t looking in the right places. After all if you find Muslims condemning terrorism and actually talking sense, there is no easy, common enemy, is there? Piers Morgan and Bill O’Reilly say they want to see Muslims rally in the streets…
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Ayesha Malik, Tilford I had just come out of an enriching and thought provoking discussion on whether religion is really violent in Saint Anthony’s College Oxford, delivered by the witty yet incredibly persuasive Karen Armstrong, when news of the deadly attacks in Paris swept across the media. Terrorism has no religion Armstrong had said, espousing…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot When news breaks of attacks such as those that took place in Paris two days ago, horrific as they are, the sadness and shock Muslims join the world in feeling, can be juxtaposed with an irrational sense of culpability. Yes, we have become conditioned to terrorist atrocities followed by criticism of Islam…
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Sarah Khan, London I’m glad that I’m a child of the 80s. I missed out on the fabled ‘Gen x’ by a couple of years, I wasn’t a baby-boomer like my parents and for a long time it felt like I was just floating around without a label for myself and my peers. What was…
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Sameen Rashid, London To Paris. The picturesque city with long boulevards and rues, with tiny blue signs, interlocking at corners where beautiful buildings stand. With small black balconies and large windows adorned with wooden shutters. Cafes with seats facing the city, watching passers-by. Metro signs in red and white on iconic lamp posts. To the…
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Sameea Jonnud. Aldershot, UK The red poppy has become the symbol of remembrance since WWI and is worn on lapels and laid in wreaths on memorials across the country; the first poppy appeal was held in 1921 and has been going ever since with proceeds going towards assisting service personnel and their families. Poppies grew…
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