I had the pleasure of attending my first ever event hosted by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) this past weekend. I attended their annual Qur’an Camp which took place at Brunel University in London and revolved around Surat Al-Asr as the theme. I’m not going to lie, when I found out that this […]…

TRUMP – The True Face of America

You should already know by now that Donald Trump was officially announced at the President Elect for the United States of America. I don’t think I’m dramatising it when I say that the world went MAD. The internet blew up with political comments and statuses (I only really read the memes) and both Muslims and…

Thoughts on the Falls #IleMaurice

  I’m still in Mauritius at the moment and recently visited a site called Rochester Falls (strange I know, I thought I left Rochester in England). We parked our car in between a field of potatoes and a field of banana trees and then proceeded to walk down an incline to get to the cascade….

The Successful #TurkeyFailedCoup — Isoc of Life

On the night of the 15th July 2016, my feed was flooded with panic as the news spread about the attempted military coup in Turkey. To my understanding a breakaway group within the military organised the coup whilst the Head of the Military, Hulusi Akar, was held hostage by rebel soldiers. President Erdogan insisted that…

Remembering Bashir Osman – A brother I never met

We are approaching a year since the death of Bashir Osman, the well-known President of the umbrella organisation the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS). Bashir passed away last year in an unfortunate swimming accident in Switzerland. So you may be asking yourself “many people pass away in Ramadan, what makes the death of this…

Learning From an Avocado Tree

I have had a roller coaster of emotions this year. At the end of September 2015 I was ready to have what I thought would be the best year ever. I could never have imagined that I was going to go through such a tough time. I can’t go into detail about my hardships but…

#TabooTalk – Don’t Ask a Girl Why She’s Not Fasting

I’m sure we’ve all seen many statuses/memes/gifs etc. during Ramadan highlighting “the awkward moment when you ask a sister why she isn’t fasting”or “don’t EVER ask a sister why she isn’t fasting in Ramadan”. My question is: why not? Why is it so bad for a sister to simply say “I’m not fasting because I’m…

#FreeTheBody

A lot of us will be familiar with the #FreeTheNipple campaign that promotes the non censoring of a woman’s nipples on nude photos. It is promoted as a “gender equality” campaign looking to equalise the genders and tackle sexual objectification of women. The campaigns primary argument is that if a mans nipples aren’t required to…