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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot, UK “In olden days, a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking. But now, God knows, Anything goes.” Actually I believe Cole Porter couldn’t have conceived just how apt his lyric would be today when anything really goes. The subject of how dressed people are these days comes up with
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By Navida Sayed The barbaric and atrocious terrorist attacks around the globe have put the world on edge. Unprepared and unexpected the sudden and random attacks have left parts of the world shell-shocked. Security is a growing global concern for world leaders and authorities. However, repeatedly targeting Muslim women’s dress code & publicly humiliating them
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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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By Munazzah Chou, Hertfordshire For many in the West, the modest dress of Muslims, particularly the woman’s hijab has become synonymous with the concept of modesty in Islam. However, modesty encompasses far more than the clothes one wears. In the Holy Qur’an, God says: “O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you raiment
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By Mubarika Sami, UK It’s difficult to say exactly when International Women’s Day (IWD) began; its roots can be traced to 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding voting rights, better pay and shorter working hours. A year later, the first National Woman’s Day was observed in the US on 28th February in
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By Sadia Sami, Canada It was in 2008 when my family decided to move to Saskatchewan–one big land with a very, very small Ahmadiyya Muslim branch consisting of 20 people. Despite our branch being small, each individual Ahmadi came with their own unique story of struggles, success, sadness and happiness. However, one story in particular
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For International Women’s Day members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim women’s and girls’ auxiliaries have been writing about women who inspire them. Some have chosen figures from history while others write about women in their personal lives who have inspired them. What we learn is that no matter who the women are, whether significant historical figures
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Hamdah Farooqi In BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme on 18th January 2016, the comments made by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, were very welcome for the encouragement of learning English, which is of course crucial to how a person connects and communicates with society. I would also however value the comments by former Chief Superintendent
Voice of British Muslim Women 