Islam
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon If we look around, and perhaps introspect, modern lives are built around comfort and convenience. The retail industry thrives on it, from beauty products to household essentials to devices; the consumer wants everything in their life hassle-free, and they are ready to pay for it. Why touch a button? Just say it, and…
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Sarah Ward In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth as hard as iron, water like a stone1. These simple words from a childhood school poem, evoke the bitterness, difficulty and harsh nature of winter. It can be an unrelenting season of trial, barren in nature and physically dark. In the UK, the seasons…
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge “Remember Me, I will remember you…” [2:153] Remembrance means to recollect, bring to mind, and reminisce over a thing. So how does one “remember” the Lord of all Creation? In the Holy Qur’an, Prophet Abraham (on whom be peace) poses to God a deeply profound question: “And remember when Abraham said, ‘My…
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What is hope? How does Ramadan bring about spiritual hope in us? Bareera Ghaffar and Namoode Sahar Kallon discuss the importance of hopefulness in the holy month of Ramadan and in the Islamic tradition, as well as ways in which we can carry the blessings of this month with us throughout the year.
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Fatiha Nadeem, Bradford The Cambridge dictionary defines the act to forgive as, “to stop blaming or being angry with someone for something that person has done, or not punish them for something.” (1) As humans, it is rational to feel anger and resentment towards those who hurt us and at times, we may even want…
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On International Women’s Day 2026, Tooba Khokhar and Basma Qazi-Chaudhry examine the concept of justice. As the UN renews its calls to dismantle “discriminatory laws, weak legal protections, and harmful practices and social norms that erode the rights of women and girls”, we examine whether legal provisions ensure just outcomes for women or if a…
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Sarah Ward Communication is the key to every relationship. This is a fact I have found to be true in both my personal and professional environments. The new mother, cradling her precious baby, has to learn to interpret the need from the cry given out – hunger, thirst, pain, discomfort – all are communicated in…
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Rameen Masood Leicester A simple Google search, drawing from Oxford Languages, defines self-discipline as ‘the ability to control one’s feelings and overcome one’s weaknesses.’ [1] That describes the shell of the word, but the pearl within reaches further to making ourselves do something even if it may be difficult. In an age saturated with tools…
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Ayesha Naseem Mirza, Walsall The act of obedience, of any kind and towards anything or anyone, is often seen as submissive. This is why some laws and regulations are also sometimes seen as excessively controlling by the state and are often considered to be against the idea of liberty and freedom of the people. However,…
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Alton A hard pill to swallow is that, at the end of the day, we really don’t know others as well as we might like to think we do; even those that we love dearly, we may have grown up with them as best friends or as siblings, even under one roof.…
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