Faith
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park One word that a book-lover stumbles upon in life often is ‘timeless’. We often talk about certain books having a persisting influence over the centuries. Reading, for me, has never just been a hobby. For hours upon hours I would devour books. It ultimately culminated in my opting to do a…
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Aroosa Akram, Slough The Islamic principle of modesty is an essential part of faith and it concerns a Muslim’s physical and mental state. To fully understand the importance of modesty, ‘haya’ (حیاء) in Arabic, let us look at its meaning in some detail. The word ‘haya’ comes from the Arabic word of ‘hayat’ which means…
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M Rehman, Cheam Part I ‘Have they not travelled in the land, so that they may have hearts wherewith to understand, or ears wherewith to hear?…’ (Holy Qur’an 22:47) Allah the Almighty in the Holy Qur’an encourages all Muslims to travel and observe the world around them. And by His grace, I was given the…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils… I still remember encountering this poem for the first time, as many of us will have done, in an age its poet deems “apparelled in…
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Baaria Basit, London Hijab is such an important part of my life now, that the thought of stepping outside my house without a headscarf and a decent coat is utterly unthinkable. In fact hijab is what makes me, me. Most girls my age want their eyelashes done, their nails done, their eyebrows done. They want…
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Sadiya Ayaz, London Celebrations and festivities are an integral part of human life in every society and at every level, regardless of one’s culture, race or belief. In most cases their origin can be traced to ancient rites or religious practices. However, they also play an important role in bringing together people of different cultures…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge Water is the great sustainer of life – whether in the vast oceans or in a glistening drop of dew. It is little wonder that our ancestors, men and women who found holiness in the forests and boughs, built temples to invoke rain from the Divine so that the earth around them…
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon History has seen many successful people, from leaders to conquerors of large territories to the ones making ground breaking discoveries and inventions to the ones who have reached out to masses through their intellectual abilities. If we carefully examine their lives we find one thing in common i.e. all of them were focused on…
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Nabila Khalid, Bolton I have come across atheists that fall into 2 categories – – Those that dismiss miracles as fictitious fairy tales because they believe they go against the laws of nature. – Those that are aware that the miracles referred to in religious scriptures can be proved through science and mathematics and can…
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hartlepool In a recent RE class we studied the authority of the Bible in Christianity. The Bible is undoubtedly a most interesting text; at 5 billion copies sold it is the bestselling book in the world1 and holds a lot of fascinating information and wisdom as well as songs, poetry and historical accounts.…
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