Islam
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by Aalia Qureshi, London, UK Thoughts of a Teenager Once again, the dazzling, long-awaited season of summer among its incessant delights has at long last reached us. Another year has passed us by in the blink of an eye. And this can mean only one thing for the Ahmadiyya Community; the blessed Jalsa Salana – Annual…
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Aalia Qureshi, London, UK What is the meaning of travel? The urge to cross these colossal bodies of water into regions never before seen to us mere westerners; what precisely is the pin point motive behind it? Perhaps it is a similar motive behind the continual pursuit for life beyond this planet: curiosity, an impeccably…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK What is happening to the world these days? Terror attacks murdered people all through Ramadhan and in the last few days there has been so much going on that there is no time to digest things. The political turmoil in Britain would be enough on its own but the change of…
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Rubina Ahmedi, Manchester, UK Do you know who lives next door to you? Above you or they may live on the floor below? When I was a young girl we all had street parties, we knew everyone in our street. If my mum was baking a cake and we ran out of eggs or sugar…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes, UK If I may ask, how do you define integration? You see, the Swiss seem to think it is dependent on participation in swimming sessions and shaking hands. How absurd, you wonder. Absurd and appalled would be a summary of my reaction upon hearing of two young Muslim teenage girls having their…
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Sarah Khan, London I come from a long line of proud Yorkshiremen. I was raised on a diet of no-nonsense, plain speaking and hard work. My father regularly made sure to tell us that we had the right to play cricket for Yorkshire (never mind I was born in Berkshire and a woman). As I…
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Dr Munazzah Chou, Hitchin, UK Ramadan is a time I look forward to; a time of heightened collective and personal spiritual endeavour. Other more worldly or mundane commitments fade into the background and spiritual activity is brought into focus. More time for Quranic recitation is carved out, more time is spent in superogatory prayers and…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK As Ramadhan progresses those fasting will have got into a routine to pass the day from before dawn to night. Proper nutrition is essential to ensure there are no negative effects brought on by fasting, especially in these long days with eighteen hour fasts. The fast is opened at sunset and…
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Riyya Ahmad, age 12, Aldershot, UK It’s finally here, the month of fasting for Muslims worldwide. Ramadan is the month where we remember the people who are less fortunate than us. Most of all it’s the time to remember Allah. As a young Muslim school girl I do not have to keep a full fast.…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK The phrase “Ramadhan Mubarak” and good wishes for a blessed Ramadhan are quite commonplace now and heard from Muslims and non-Muslims. Gone are the days when those in the West may not have realised that Ramadhan was taking place and these days politicians, sports teams and celebrities will all send messages…
