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The big secret behind fasting: Why you might be fasting for the wrong reasons
The big secret behind fasting: Why you might be fasting for the wrong reasons

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Analysing the Iran war through the lens of Islamic morality

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Ramadan: A month of restraint, not indulgence

If even religious people need therapy – that is the point

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If even religious people need therapy – that is the point

Analysing the Iran war through the lens of Islamic morality

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Analysing the Iran war through the lens of Islamic morality

Ramadan: A month of restraint, not indulgence

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Ramadan: A month of restraint, not indulgence

The big secret behind fasting: Why you might be fasting for the wrong reasons
RamadanThe big secret behind fasting: Why you might be fasting for the wrong reasons

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If even religious people need therapy – that is the point

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One of the objects of The Review of Religions is to make known the teachings of Ahmad[as] in Europe and to suggest some ideas on how to do this work. By permission of the editor, I will make in the next issue of this journal a proposal for an “Ahmadi School for Science of Religion,” which could be established in one of the centres of the continent. – J Rohoska

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Tabligh during the Great Syrian Revolt and acceptance of Ahmadiyyat in Sumatra (1926)

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One of the objects of The Review of Religions is to make known the teachings of Ahmad[as] in Europe and to suggest some ideas on how to do this work. By permission of the editor, I will make in the next issue of this journal a proposal for an “Ahmadi School for Science of Religion,” which could be established in one of the centres of the continent. – J Rohoska

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One of the objects of The Review of Religions is to make known the teachings of Ahmad[as] in Europe and to suggest some ideas on how to do this work. By permission of the editor, I will make in the next issue of this journal a proposal for an “Ahmadi School for Science of Religion,” which could be established in one of the centres of the continent. – J Rohoska

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