Friendship is space and time where and when we can be together with those who we like and whose company makes us feel happy. Often because they provide us with the chance to develop and validate ourselves. Good friends give…
After seeing Boris-Dominic’s decades-old friendship turning to a battlefield, it’s made me examine my friends. You’re asking for trouble when you choose the wrong friend, ‘If you want to fly with eagles, you can’t run around with turkeys.’ Eventually, you…
It’s 1968 and I am sitting in the Royal Albert Hall in London with young and old sobbing; tempers are high as some people start chanting Allahu Akbar. As a ten-year-old, I was feeling sad and angry. Yes, this was…
Ramadhan is a month of fasting, abstention, frugality and simplicity. This thirty-day long exercise teaches how to control our desires (Nafs), refine the ego and tame the beastly tendencies of anger and selfishness. If we can achieve these, we are…
As we approach the final days of Ramadhan, we eagerly expect the good news of ‘Itqum min naar’, freedom from the fire. How do we spend this blessed and rewarding time? What are the best practices? Here I suggest three…
During Ramadhan, we are busy fasting to firm up the third pillar of Islam, Alhamdulillah. In Ramadhan, the value of virtuous activities is amplified 70 times, so many of us will pay Zakat during this time too. Have you considered…
Here I explain the benefits of fasting in Ramadhan. What is happening to your brain, heart and liver? Scientific studies suggest fasting boosts health, promotes longevity and keeps you trim and smart. So how does fasting make you kind, resilient…
Our schools are beacons of moral and spiritual values, the law expects them to nurture strong character in the next generation. When the RE teacher at Batley Grammar showed the infamous cartoons of the beloved Messenger (peace be upon him)…
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