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PRESS RELEASE 16 January 2017 Some 700 women attended a national Peace symposium titled “Faith and Loyalty to Britain: The Role of Women” on Saturday. The event was organised by women from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association UK to dispel misconceptions about Islam and Muslim Women and demonstrate that loyalty to Britain is part of…
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Sameen R. Chaudhary, London Time, and marks of time such as the New Year give us milestones and posts for us to measure our time on earth. With such guideposts, we can see how much progress we have made, and how much we have lost over the past year. There is criticism that the…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK Often as the New Year counts down I will say a prayer; this year I raised my hands in silent prayer a couple of minutes before midnight. It was silent around me and I thanked God for the blessings He had given me and prayed for my family. No one was…
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Nazma Raichuri, Hounslow East New Year’s Eve is always a display of global celebrations, with fireworks and other jubilations in many countries. Families and friends get together rounding up the year to celebrate the new hope and new dreams that the coming year will bring. It is also another excuse for some to indulge in…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge Lovers share a sacred decree – to seek the Beloved Rumi, ‘One Whisper of the Beloved’ Each man has his own Paradise, woven from dreams and fantasies personal to him. Each mind paints a different picture of the abode of bliss. Within the Islamic tradition however, the true ‘lover’ accepts no Paradise…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK From time to time in the UK, the subject of integration rears its head and it is almost certain the reporting will be accompanied by photographs of fully veiled Muslim women. It has happened this way with the Casey Review, released on 5th December when headlines talked about how many Muslims…
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Sarah Khan. London We must feel sorry for the Muslim woman, she can never catch a break. This, in a nutshell, appears to be…
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– Luton & Bedford Poppy Appeal Fundraising 2016 by Mrs Hamida Iqbal, Luton, UK God says in the Holy Qur’an, chapter 2, verse 198. “.. And whatever good you do, Allah knows it…” And in a tradition of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, Abu Musa Ash’ari relates that the Holy Prophet (peace be…
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Dr Maleeha Mansur, Hayes, UK With the news of the mother of a 14 year-old girl who has died of cancer being granted the right to cryo-preserve her body in line with her wishes, many questions, and indeed emotions, about death have come to the fore. Whilst medicine and science give little support to the proposition of…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK Ever since shopping became so commercialised certain days are heavily promoted; Christmas, of course, because there are so many presents to buy, special days for mothers, fathers and grandparents, Valentine, and the list goes on. Most of these days are ostensibly for pleasant reasons, some religious in origin and some not.…
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