Islam
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Bareera Ghaffar, Nottingham I find on the search to becoming closer to God and doing right by the people around you, certain individuals I have witnessed have a calmness and ease to them. But something else that stands out is that this is not done in isolation, it is done in plain sight. His Holiness…
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Ayesha Naseem Mirza, Walsall Hopelessness and indifference are the easiest escapes for humanity. It is easy and often natural to lose hope when things don’t go your way, and it is also very easy to look away and continue with your day if something isn’t directly affecting you. So, in a world that is becoming…
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Iffat Mirza Rashid and Ayesha Sabahat On International Day of Education, Iffat Mirza Rashid and Ayesha Sabahat talk about getting back to basics and ensuring education is available to everyone. They point out that Islam has always placed a great importance on women’s education, and show how it has a positive impact on everyone.
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Dr Qurratul-Ain Anni Rehman, London (Dr Rehman is the National President of the Ahmadi Muslim women’s organisation here in the UK) As 2025 approaches, here in the UK there will be preparations for welcoming in the new year with fireworks and parties and reminiscing about 2024. However, for many people in the world 2024 will…
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As 2024 draws to a close, Lajna members share their memories of significant times during the year. Ayesha Naseem Mirza 2024 brought all sorts of changes and experiences and strangely they happened in a pattern. The year started with a challenging time personally, a phase when I could say I was lost and uncertain about…
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Unaizah Ahmad, Chester A quick search online reveals a lengthy list of productivity tips and several videos on how to be more productive. Some might promise the ‘recipe for success,’ others would claim there isn’t one. Some say procrastination is the culprit while others say procrastination might actually be a good thing. As this list…
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Trees are such a beautiful, significant, and irreplaceable creation of God Almighty. This is the very reason the Holy Quran in various places gives examples of a tree in different contexts. For example: “Dost thou not see how Allah sets forth the similitude of a good word? It is like a good…
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A Response to Julia Hartley-Brewer’s Comments on Talk TV Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley It is reasonable for any civilised society to expect the journalists and spokespeople of their country and media to report with integrity and truth. When claims are made, that there is some sort of evidence to back any claims made, and indeed,…
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Iffat Mirza Rashid and Nooresahar Ahmad talk about how when discourse around Muslim women begins, everyone seems to have an opinion that deserves to get heard, everyone that is, except Muslim women. They explore how strange it is that critics isolate one group of women and point to any struggles they experience as stemming from…
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hampshire ‘There was a time,’ wrote Wordsworth (1) of early childhood, ‘when meadow, grove, and stream, / To me did seem / Apparelled in celestial light, / The glory and the freshness of a dream.’ Now that the poem’s narrator is an adult, the phase of childlike wonder and delight is gone forever:…
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