Islam
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park There are many ways to love and to be loved. They’re not all easy. In fact, few of them are. To love is natural, and yet we are still figuring out, very much so, how to express our love, how to balance our love for others and the love one should…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes I remember as a child being curious about the concept of shyness and stage fright, a fascination rooted from alienation with the concept. Why were children and adults frightened of speaking in public? I failed to comprehend the challenge and what I certainly lacked was sympathy – until I was faced with…
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Fezia Haq, London A flock of birds. A forest of trees. A galaxy of stars. There’s something about the natural world that is inclined towards sticking together. Nature not being separate from religion, it is understandable why faith has laid so much emphasis on remaining united. Ijtema is one of those events that gives…
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Rabia Salim, Ash, Surrey On Friday 6th August 2021, the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was upon us once again after a two year COVID 19 hiatus. Day 2 as per tradition brought ladies the joy of the address of their Khalifa, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may God be his Helper) in…
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire For over a year now, everything has been “From Home”. Work from home, school from home, our community meetings from home, Ramadan, Eid Prayers, Friday Prayers all from home. Everything had to be done from home. This included our annual Jalsa Salana – a convention usually of over 30,000 people travelling from…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Growing up, the high status of the Khalifah was never underestimated. My parents and grandparents consistently reminded us of the magnificence of Khilafat and though I was only four, I remember the tears streaming down everyone’s face as we heard of the sad demise of His Holiness Mirza Tahir Ahmad (may…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes If one cares to deliberate on gender segregation, the knee jerk reaction is to associate the concept of segregation with oppression, specifically female oppression. However, should one look closer, one sees elements of segregation is many aspects of society in the West. Washrooms, changing rooms and sporting events, to name but a few areas of segregation. Indeed, taking the timely example of sports with the Olympics in full swing, segregation is…
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Kholood Tahir, Morden In the past few months, we have lived through unprecedented times which will indeed make it to the history books . Covid-19 has rattled the world in such a way that people from all walks of life – the elderly, the young, the rich, the poor – are left fearing for their…
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hartlepool Due to the economic impact of COVID-19, it is estimated 1.6 billion people are in “immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed”. In contrast, the number of billionaires in the world has reached 2095- none of whom, I would assume, will feel any impact on their economic livelihoods. Previous to the pandemic,…
