Women
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Part II Kholood Munir Tahir, London One beautiful memory of my visit to Qadian in January 2023 that I will cherish is that of the piety and simplicity of the elder members of Lajna Ima’illah that I saw, whose hearts brimmed with such unwavering love and kindness: Due to the snowy weather conditions in Kashmir
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Kholood Munir Tahir, London A hundred years ago, in the small Indian village of Qadian, His Holiness Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him) founded Lajna Ima’illah – an organisation devoted to empowering women through education and service to humanity. A hundred years from then, it was an honour for me to
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Why Are Girls Dropping Sport In Such Great Numbers? A recent study by England Hockey’s Tess Howard, published in the journal Sport, Education and Society found that gendered sports uniforms played a major part in the high drop out rate in sports of teenage girls. Among those taking part in the research,
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Siddiqa Faisal, Hayes For centuries women are known to have a deep love and inspiration for ornaments. Ornaments, collected from the bowels of the deep, deepest of oceans, or mined from the hard, hardest of mountains. Women are so inspired by ornaments and gems, that if I say that they are “a weakness of a
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge Just over one hundred years ago, in 1925, one of my favourite books was written: F Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic The Great Gatsby. The novel features a much quotable line from when one character is recalling the moment her daughter was born ‘I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn The term ‘revolution’ has several meanings, and it is manifested in different ways; but broadly speaking revolution is about bringing or causing a great change. The world has witnessed political, social, and economic revolutions throughout history. But there is one rather distinct kind of revolution that is not as greatly explored nor
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Our special IWD podcast takes the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, #EmbraceEquity and puts it in context by discussing how Lajna Ima’illah has been operating for the past 100 years on equity as taught by Islam. Ayesha Naseem and Dur-e-Shewar Anwar have a conversation celebrating and embracing equity in this centenary year of
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Walsall Equality has for generations been touted as the only acceptable outcome of a successful feminist movement. To appear progressive and forward thinking companies, organisations and movements must all accomplish equality between men and women. However, this sole focus on gender equality is fundamentally flawed, as it has led women to chase after
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With Allah’s grace, this is the centenary year of our wonderful Ahmadi Muslim women’s auxiliary organistaion, a time for gratefulness and reflection. Bareera Ghaffar and Dr Sarah Waseem talk about the psychology behind the immense blessings of being part of Lajna Ima’illah.
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