Faith
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Fatiha Nadeem, Bradford Unity. Love. Service. Such emotions and sentiments arise when attending the Jalsa Salana UK. By the grace of Allah, I had the blessed opportunity to attend this year’s Jalsa a few days ago and will try to summarise my experience. My family and I began our journey on Thursday morning from my
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley I do not think I need to remind anyone just how much the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of society, community, and human interaction. That was the first time in my life that the Jalsa Salana UK (in its usual scale and format) was cancelled. Bad phone signals, muddy tracks, and
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Bareera Ghaffar and Cemal Inam talk about what it is for a woman to have strength and to be resilient. They look through a historic lens at role models from early Islam and try and shed light on the journey to finding strength, keeping it, and thus being advocates for peace through acts of strength
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes For most, even the thought of going to one’s local grocery store whilst a few months expectant, with 2 children in tow would bring the greatest anxiety. Yet, the sight of a young mother with one child in her arms, one tugging on her leg and a third running up ahead is
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Dania Ahmed, Aldershot North For a whole year I wait impatiently for Jalsa. Many people around me wonder cluelessly, as to the reason why I am so excited; if only they knew the wonder I was awaiting. Jalsa Salana, a gathering for Ahmadi Muslims from all around the world For a few days, all my
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Justice is a quality which the world seems in dire need of. Sometimes it feels as though justice, in our current age, has been abandoned completely, and injustice is being inflicted at an unprecedented rate. Nooresahar Ahmad and Durdana Ahmed talk about justice — the ethical and philosophical idea that people are to be treated impartially and reasonably, and
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Yusra Dahri, Surrey
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In a time of great unease in the world, fear and a degree of pessimism could easily take over one’s mind, making them worry for the future. At that point, it is very human to want to look for support, security, and comfort. For believers in God, that peace and that solace
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