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A duty to protect children from evil of pornography.
Bristol University Muslim chaplain Rizwan Ahmed explores the dangers and effects of how easily children can access pornography through a variety of channels, and how as a nation we must do more to tackle this problem.
Imagine the following scenario. You're shopping in your local supermarket with the kids and you come across one of those stands giving away free samples of food or drink. Now imagine the same scenario and the same supermarket. But instead of some food or other product the free sample available is hard-core pornographic material with adults and children happily viewing this free material.
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In our social media world face-to-face talks help our society.
Social media is great for communication but we are losing the face to face interaction and discussion that past generations enjoyed, writes Rizwan Ahmed, Muslim Chaplain at Bristol University.
As a chaplain I'm asked to speak on various topics and often the issue of community crops up . I then tend to go off on a nostalgic trip of my experiences of growing up when as a nation there seemed to be a stronger sense of community and also as a society we actually spoke to our neighbours.
In the fast paced life of modern living and an ever-increasing reliance on social media I worry this human contact seems to falling by the way side.
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What a Bristol Muslim actually thinks about Channel 4's
What British Muslims Really Think.
Bristol Muslim Cultural Society's project manager Rizwan Ahmed has shared his views on the Channel 4 show What British Muslims Really Think, and revealed how there are a few more pressing matters at hand...
As a British Muslim What Do I Think…
I don't normally like to get political but seeing this furor around this whole "What British Muslims Really Think" programme and survey which I realised (after some very deep thought and pondering and philosophical thinking for all of two seconds…) was about as representative of what I think as a British Asian Muslim as Nigel Farage is to Race Equality.
After thinking about it for a few more moments I realised that at the moment as a nation we sort of have a few other more pressing social matters to worry about..
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Breaking down barriers with laughter
Having a laugh is a big part of Rizwan Ahmed's job.
He speaks to thousands of people a year at schools, colleges and organisations in Bristol and across the South West, trying to break down preconceptions about Islam and the Muslim culture.
However, it is not a role that came naturally to him. It was only after he was “thrown in the deep end,” and had to learn on the job, did he discover that he had a knack of winning people round.
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