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Why I No Longer Feel Comfortable Wearing a Poppy

I should probably point out that I'm not against the original meaning behind Poppy Day: remembering how Britain twice sent a whole generation of its young men off to be slaughtered, and that future generations should be able to live without the fear of enduring such violence. Yet that meaning often seems to get forgotten as Remembrance Sunday becomes a celebration of jingoism and militarism, where the victims of British aggression in wars past and present are rarely mentioned. It's for this reason that I generally try and have a personal media blackout in the days directly before and after 11 November.

What happens when Muslims and Christians tie the knot?

When Heather Al-Yousuf, first met her husband of 28 years, they both felt a strong connection to their own faiths.

But their love was not straightforward as Heather is Anglican and her husband is Shia Muslim. However, Mrs Al-Yousuf thinks this is why so many inter-faith couples are drawn together.

Inter-faith marriage is on the rise in the UK. But as couples from different faiths fall in love, what are the challenges they face?

"There are quite a lot of Catholic-Muslim couples, and Catholics from quite a strong Catholic background meeting a Muslim from a strong Muslim background.

imam abu hanifa rh and imam malik rh reject mawlid

Abdullah ibn Mubarak rahimullah said:

Imam Abu Hanifa visited Madinah 12th Rabi' al-Awwal and I saw Abu Hanifa ditributing drinks to the children of madinah and telling them to rejoice as it is the day of RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alayhi WaAlihi WaSallam was sent to us. Imam Malik RadiAllhu Anh saw Abu Hanifa as he was doing this, so he called him over and said: O Abu Hanifa, Whosoever introduces into Islaam an innovation, and holds it to be something good, has indeed alleged that Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alayhe wa sallam) has betrayed the message. Read the saying of Allaah – the Most Blessed, the Most High,

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