Family
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford “Paradise lies under the feet of mothers.” When I first learned this Hadith I jokingly picked up my mother’s foot and pretended to look for something under it. There was no malice in this action though, and soon enough I grasped its message. Soon after, I learnt more Ahadith but the Arabic
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire My earliest memories of Jalsa Salana do not begin with the tents, the sun, or even the mud. No, my earliest memories of Jalsa are the guests at my grandma’s house. We would climb up to the loft and bring down as many mattresses as possible which we would use to make
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Maha Khan, London With the world becoming devastatingly divided and fuelled by xenophobia, one becomes fearful of raising a family in such environments and wishes to instil peace in the world, little by little. We wonder how and where to begin, searching for answers as to why the world is this way. Like many things
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Basira Ajmal, Bournemouth We are living in the 21st century with a plethora of rights. Every day on social media, TV, or on the street we witness individuals, groups or organizations labelled as activists proclaiming and working for a different set of rights; women rights, children rights, employee rights, free speech rights, refugee rights and
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK As long as I can remember there have been three occasions every year that I have almost always attended; there are the two Eid days which our UK community used to celebrate together and there is Jalsa Salana, the Annual Convention. Eid now takes place regionally or locally but Jalsa has
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