Voice of Unity (VOU) - Muslim Youth Magazine

Africa is a continent which evokes images of wild animals, great tribes, fierce weather and beautiful landscapes. This was the backdrop against which I began a trek to climb its tallest mountain: Mount Kilimanjaro.
Kilimanjaro is an inactive volcano in north-east Tanzania, …

“Here we drink three cups of tea to do business: the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything – even die.” …

A familiar name on the Islamic lectures circuit is that of Sheikh Ahmed Haneef. Haneef is one of a growing number of scholars with style – his intimate knowledge of east and west, ineffable energy and sincere love of all things spiritual …

The plundering of the environment has been one of the disastrous consequences of modern technology. Leila Taheri explores the concept of balance in Islam with regards to the all-important relationships between God, man and nature.
As religions go, Islam is one where …

EXHIBITION
British Museum, London, 19 Feb — 14 jun 2009
The British Museum, as part of its series on world empires, is hosting an exhibition exploring the life and rule of Shah Abbas I.
Shah Abbas of Iran came to the …

Muslim dining etiquette number one is to leave controversy out of family dinner time discussions. Such never-topics are strictly off-limits, particularly not to be discussed in front of our ever impressionable youth. Words like sex, premarital relationships, rape, abortion and sexual …

Ramadhan 2008 really riled up my  Jiminy Cricket. In a month when spirituality should be at its peak, it was a little disheartening to see it spread so thin on the ground in some places.
Yes, I am aware of how far …

Inspired by the current British Museum exhibition entitled “Babylon: Myth and Reality”, Leila Taheri gives a brief synopsis of that famous civilization, the remnants of which are still a major archaeological site in Iraq today.
Babylon is a city steeped in legend …