Mind-Body Connection

The Mind-Body Connection: Achieving Mental and Physical Wellbeing in Ramadan

The most blessed month of the year has once again visited us, a guest in a hurry to leave us. May we be able to maximise the last 10 nights, among which the night of power (laylatul Qadr) is one of them. This essay would like to briefly explore the physical and mental well-being that can be achieved through the blessed month. From physical actions, starting with fasting itself, abstaining from food, improving the will power, and other actions such as prolonged prayers, extended Quran recitations and a variety of charitable acts, that allow us to come out of the month stronger spiritually, with a renewed strength.

Identity

The Rise of Tribalism: The Dangers of Divisiveness and Its Solution

We can define identity politics as a certain group with a different set of background, cultural beliefs of ethnicity forming a political group while trying to influence the structures in a country or state. Tribalism, another form of polarisation, based on what tribe one comes from, has roots we can trace back to the time of the holy Prophet Muhammed (saww), which he (saww) came to remove from the society at that time. Which is where all the emphasis on taking care of one’s brother in faith, praying congregational prayers, rights of the neighbour, orphan and widow, come from and have great importance in the Islamic tradition.

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