Category: From our Muslim chaplain

Don’t just count the days, make the days count!

Dearest readers we’re on day 22 of fasting in this blessed month, and I want to take the time to reflect upon what we have achieved in these last three weeks or so. Have we empathised with those…

Ramadan Reflections

Alhamdulillah there is no better time to get serious with freeing our souls, than in the blessed month of Ramadan. We are on the 12th day of fasting in this blessed month, and you will have noticed that…

Farewell for now…

Today being the last day of term for many of us, I would like to thank every one of you for the hard work, dedication and perseverance you have shown over this most difficult time. Online lessons were…

A Well-timed Holy Crossover

“…if we look for differences, they can easily be found. So what I am calling for is that we should all make a conscious effort to find similarities.”

New announcements and

So the new announcement about schools going back comes as great news to us, and I am sure teachers are getting fed up of not being able to get out of their houses and into their classrooms. I…

Is it too early to prepare for Ramadan?

Just as we come into the season of Lent, which began on Wednesday the 17th of February 2021, what better time is there for me to consider what Lent might mean for my Christian colleagues and friends?

Is it TMI or something else?

A continuation from last week’s post, there seem to be a sizeable number of people not willing to take the risk of having the COVID vaccine because of potential side effects. Aren’t side effects from any medication or…

Vaccine reluctance

It seems like this world we’re living in, is a neverending lockdown with very little to look forward to for the foreseeable future. But I believe there is a glimmer of hope. Vaccines are being rolled out throughout…

From our Muslim Chaplain archive #7

Dearest friends and colleagues, As we move closer towards the end of Ramadan 2020 we must acknowledge that the last four weeks has been challenging with whole new way of life; in Lockdown, without extended family and for…

From our Muslim chaplain archive #6

Dearest friends and colleagues, As we move closer towards the end of Ramadan 2020 we must acknowledge that the last four weeks has been challenging with whole new way of life; in Lockdown, without extended family and for…