How can we respond to atrocities when our leaders fail us
Spreading LOVE when there is HATE. What can we do when we feel helpless watching disasters unfold all over the world? What should our response be? Can we afford to sit back and watch...
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The Benefits of Fasting
Delivered 2017. Physical, mental, and social benefits of Ramadan and fasting.
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Burkini Ban 2016
Delivered 2016. Background to, and arguments for and against, the 2016 burkini ban in France
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Charity
Delivered 2015. An explanation of zakat and sadaqa, and a discussion of why charity is beneficial to both individuals and society as a whole.
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Comparing the Three Abrahamic Faiths
Delivered 2016. Comparing and contrasting the three main Abrahamic faiths
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The Concept of Charity in Islam
Delivered 2012. A more detailed explanation of what charity means in Islam. Includes many useful hadith and ayat about charity
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Continuing Relevance of Religion in Today’s Society
Delivered 2016. Discussing how religion can teach us important lessons even today, using examples from the Prophet PBUH's Farewell Sermon, and Caliph Umar RA's speech on his deathbed.
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Dismantling ISIS
Delivered 2016. Reasons why ISIS goes against everything Islam teaches, using Quranic evidence
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Empathy
Delivered 2017. The importance of empathy, and how a lack of empathy can be damaging for groups of people and wider society. Examples of empathy in nature.
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Examples of Inspiring Women
Delivered 2015. Specific examples of inspiring and respected women from the time of the Prophet PBUH. Also notes on Quranic accounts of Eve and the Queen of Sheba.
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How Anti-Radicalisation can Backfire
Delivered 2015. Talking about Ahmed Mohamed, a 14 year old who was reported by his school when a teacher mistook a homemade clock for a bomb
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How It Feels To Be a Muslim In a Hostile World
or 'Synecdoche'. Delivered 2018. Personal reflections on what it is to be a Muslim woman in society, and how society treats minorities . Inspired by 'This is Not a Humanising Poem' by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
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I’m Bored of Stereotypes
Delivered 2018. A discussion of how Muslim women are oppressed by Western society far more than from inside Islam, based around a Tedx talk by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
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The Importance of Thinking and Knowledge in Islam
Delivered 2018. The importance of learning and seeking knowledge in Islam. Some of the ways God tells us to seek knowledge, and some of the things Muslims have done through history to gain and spread...
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