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Boko Haram’s version of Islam isn’t real

By Muslim Writers Guild of America
In Ahmadiyya, Islam, Letters, Women
1 Min read
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Originally published in Dallas News Yet again, a terrorist organization defaces the beautiful religion of Islam with their heinous actions. This time we are in Nigeria, where so-called “Muslims” from Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls because they claim Islam disallows the education of women. You can read that over and over again because I can’t wrap my head around the logic behind this. As a...

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Fasting isn’t simply starving

By Adeel Ahmad
In Ahmadiyya, Islam, Letters
1 Min read
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Originally published in Minnesota Daily   “Wait, so why do you have to starve yourself?” is the question I would always get during Ramadan at my school. I would have to explain that keeping away from food is only a part of the fast. During Ramadan, which began July 8 this year, Muslims turn away from food as a means to detach themselves from the physical world. Doing so allows us to focus on...

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