Society

  • Obedience: The Path to Societal Peace

    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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  • Tolerance Makes Us Human

    Tolerance Makes Us Human

    Danila Jonnud, Hampshire While scrolling online the other day, I saw a post listing certain crimes which made the news in Britain, captioned “I’m tired of being tolerant”. The account was an ordinary person’s, with only a handful of views, and yet for some reason it stayed with me. Tolerance can be a lot of…

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  • International Day of the Girl Child

    Rabah Nasir, Worcester Park  The word “girl” carries centuries of history. In Middle English, “girle” referred simply to a young person, yet over time it has come to signify a female child: the bearer of dreams, potential, and a promise of the future.   The Holy Qur’an reminds us: “O ye people! fear your Lord, Who created you from…

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  • What I have learned about the power of kindness

    Ayesha Naseem Mirza, Walsall How an act of kindness can change a life All my life, I have seen that whenever my parents are met with a situation in which they have to choose between their own comfort or the comfort and ease of someone else, they have always chosen the other person. They have…

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