• Anything Goes

    Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK “In olden days, a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking. But now, God knows, Anything goes.” Actually I believe Cole Porter couldn’t have conceived just how apt his lyric would be today when anything really goes. The subject of how dressed people are these days comes up with…

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  • Mubarika Sami, London Allison Pearson has very strong feelings about the burkini which she describes as a sister of the ugly burka. Each to their own – I don’t find the sight of a bikini particularly appealing. However, as the French courts ruled, if someone chooses to cover up or not on the beach or…

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  • By Navida Sayed The barbaric and atrocious terrorist attacks around the globe have put the world on edge. Unprepared and unexpected the sudden and random attacks have left parts of the world shell-shocked. Security is a growing global concern for world leaders and authorities. However, repeatedly targeting Muslim women’s dress code & publicly humiliating them…

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  • By Navida Sayed, London, UK News about virus outbreaks resulting in major global pandemics always raises alarm and concern, Zika being the latest to hit the headlines. The current global IT and digital networks connecting the cyber world are also witnessing the rise of malicious software and Internet security threats. Other than biological and technical…

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  • The Jalsa Experience

     by Aalia Qureshi, London, UK Thoughts of a Teenager Once again, the dazzling, long-awaited season of summer among its incessant delights has at long last reached us.  Another year has passed us by in the blink of an  eye.  And this can mean only one thing for the Ahmadiyya Community; the blessed Jalsa Salana – Annual…

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  • Aalia Qureshi, London, UK What is the meaning of travel? The urge to cross these colossal bodies of water into regions never before seen to us mere westerners; what precisely is the pin point motive behind it?  Perhaps it is a similar motive behind the continual pursuit for life beyond this planet: curiosity, an impeccably…

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  • Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK What is happening to the world these days? Terror attacks murdered people all through Ramadhan and in the last few days there has been so much going on that there is no time to digest things. The political turmoil in Britain would be enough on its own but the change of…

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  • Love Thy Neighbour

    Rubina Ahmedi, Manchester, UK Do you know who lives next door to you? Above you or they may live on the floor below? When I was a young girl we all had street parties, we knew everyone in our street. If my mum was baking a cake and we ran out of eggs or sugar…

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  • By Navida Sayed Year after year the celebration of Eid ul-Fitr marks the first day of the rest of the year ahead to put into practice the goodwill, piety and self-discipline acquired during Ramadhan. Eid is a joyous day celebrated by young and old dressed in new clothes. People from all diversities flock together wealthy…

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  • Maleeha Mansur, Hayes, UK If I may ask, how do you define integration?  You see, the Swiss seem to think it is dependent on participation in swimming sessions and shaking hands. How absurd, you wonder. Absurd and appalled would be a summary of my reaction upon hearing of two young Muslim teenage girls having their…

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