Life
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Nadia Ghauri, Oxford The ‘West’ is a nebulous concept; at times glorified as a model of modern civilisation, and at others, denigrated as superficial and morally corrupted. I grew up in a small, rural city in southern England. Naturally, as a Muslim of Pakistani heritage I would feel out of place in a city that…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Modern Britain is full of people of different faiths from around the world mixing with a traditionally Christian, white population. Potentially this could cause problems and has done at times, when newcomers have been seen as intruders bringing with them their strange ways. Actually, for a Muslim there is no conflict…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Inner peace is not a destination. It is not as if we can find it one day and remain in the its bliss forevermore. No – reality likes to throw curveballs at us and keep us on our toes. It is important that we view inner peace as a state of…
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Dr Munazzah Chou, Farnham The debate between pro-life and pro-choice rages on and has come to the fore recently around the Irish referendum in which Ireland voted to repeal the amendment of its constitution which effectively prohibited abortion, and now the issue plays a central role in the appointment of a Supreme Court Judge in the…
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