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The third post in the series about forced marriages shows what an impact it can have on those who are forced. Anonymous.   Forced marriages. Such a ugly thing. And parents need to know the damaging effect it can, no actually WILL have on their children and the relationship between parent and child. If by some

When you hear about forced marriages, the focus is pretty much always on the person who is actually being forced to marry. Sometimes we forget that there is another victim; the other partner who may not actually be being forced to marry and has no idea that their future spouse is not happy. Being forced

Lately I have been thinking about forced marriages a lot. What I want to do now is feature peoples stories on the blog. To show the heart ache a forced marriage can cause. To show the conflict people can feel, torn between their desire to keep their parents happy, and to themselves be happy. To

I have had to edit this post as it had personal information in and as my blog is no longer anonymous, (I have been discovered), I have had to edit it to remove any personal references.22/12/2011 Asalaam Alaikum So time for another serious blog post I think! Forced marriages to me is parenting gone wrong!! Forced marriages

Following on from my forced marriage series, I got the idea of doing a series on hijab after I posted a picture of Bee on my FB with a scarf draped over her and received comments that we were brainwashing our children. So I wanted to do a series of posts to show what hijab

Before Christmas I read a tweet about an anthology project and was curious to learn more. I discovered the Muslim Women’s Network and invited the vice chair, Nazmin Akhtar, to tell us more about the Muslim Women’s Network and the project.   About Muslim Women’s Network UK Muslim Women’s Network was formally established in 2003

This is a sponsored post The question of whether dating is allowed as a Muslim is one of the many questions that surface when matters of dating are discussed. In practice, courtship and dating are not considered to be such a big deal, but when it concerns religion and religious believes, you can have more

*This post is in collaboration with Oxfam* As a Muslim, giving to charity is an important part of my life. I have monthly amounts going out of my account and I hope that my girls will also realise the importance of giving to charity as they get older. When it comes to charity, I don’t

Hijab. One word that seems to be striking fear into the hearts of the western world. So much so that they are trying to ban it. Some because they think they are liberating Muslim women. Some because they fear it. And some mainly just down to ignorance. I decided to start this series after a