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Posts in May

The Ugly Truth About You (Part 1)

May 30th, 2011   •   no comments   

The Ugly Truth About You: Part 1 | Part 2

Dear Oppressor or Oppressed,

You may find yourself asking why I address you as the oppressed or oppressor, the case may be that you are the oppressor and not the oppressed or either way? You find in the Holy Quran and the teachings of our beloved Prophet SAAW that the oppressor is also oppressed, you need to know the fact that by oppressing others, you are also oppressing your own soul thus resulting in darkness to your soul for this world and in the next.

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Domestic abuse sites face closure

May 23rd, 2011   •   no comments   

More than half of the services that help victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence could face closure as a result of “devastating” Government cuts, a charity has warned.

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No More Fear (Survivor Story) | Part 2

May 16th, 2011   •   8 comments   

No More Fear (Survivor Story): Part 1 | Part 2

My cousin who is like my sister had gotten married but I was unable to attend and my family knew something was wrong. I hadn’t been to any family functions or events for the past 2 years so something wasn’t obviously right.

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No More Fear (Survivor Story) | Part 1

May 9th, 2011   •   9 comments   

No More Fear (Survivor Story): Part 1 | Part 2

I saw a recent post on the Nour website on facebook about a sister who had told her encounter of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband. I shed a tear as I was reading her story and it made me want to share my experiences to.

I was very young when I got married. I thought I was marrying the man of my dreams. I knew him previously and thought marrying him was going to be amazingly easy until it was actually happening. My husband stopped spending so much time with me and told me he had lost his job after an operation on his leg.

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Britain after weakening women rights

May 2nd, 2011   •   no comments   

Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May has been accused of hypocrisy after leaked documents revealed the country was trying to redefine violence against women.

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