b Asalaam Alaikum My daughter is now 4 and a half mashAllah. Since she was 18 months I have been getting comments that isn’t it time I had another child? As she gets older it gets worse. I was out and about today and 2 of my mums friends had lost family members so we
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Silent Sunday: Bird Fight
Asalaam Alaikum and Hello! I’ve finally decided to take part in ‘Silent Sunday’ Full details can be found here Basically you just post a picture without any words (I’m adding words this time as it’s my first time of participating!) So here’s my Silent Sunday
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Jealousy and envy
Asalaam Alaikum It has been narrated that the prophet (peace be upon him) said: “avoid jealousy because it burns good deeds the way fire burns wood.†I could go into the islamic aspect of jealousy a bit more but the purpose of my blog is not to make it a religious one but keep it general
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Jack Straw’s Comments
Asalaam Alaikum I am absolutely fuming today. Taken from Sky News: The Blackburn MP talked of a “specific problem” involving Pakistani men who were “fizzing and popping with testosterone”. He added that a minority of these young men considered vulnerable white girls as “easy meat”. “These white girls almost exclusively come from chaotic families, some are in care. Otherwise they
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Sorry….. do I know you??
Asalaam Alaikum Totally random blog post today!! Has it ever happened to you? When someone comes up to you and greets you…… and you have NO idea whatsoever who they are? Decided to pop into town tonight as it was late night shopping. Stopped at a shop that sells cakes and rolls etc and when
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Forced Marriages
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
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Looking back on 2010 – an email
Asalaam Alaikum I received an email which did make me smile and I thought I would share it here. As 2010 nears the end, I want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.I no longer open a
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2011 – New Year
Asalaam Alaikum A new year, a new start. Well that’s what everyone says. In the Islamic calendar the new year was last month. As a Muslim I don’t celebrate January 1st as the new year, i.e I don’t stay up until midnight and party! However, the western calendar is one we follow on a daily