Topic: Mental health
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7 things I want Muslims to know about autism
It’s World Autism Awareness Day. While there’s no one-size-fits all set of instructions, understanding, patience, respecting boundaries and treating us like grownups are great places to start
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The mosques opening up to help with substance misuse in their communities
Recovery workers are seeing changing attitudes towards drug and alcohol addiction in the Muslim community, with more mosques taking steps to address these issues
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The lost generation? How Covid shaped the lives of young Muslims
Five years on, young people share their memories of lockdown and how the experience changed them
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Former gambling addicts visit mosques to tackle stigma
Gambling is a sin in Islam. That can stop people getting help if they have a problem, says outreach group Urban Muslimz
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Unlocking the Balinese secret to spiritual peace
Forget yoga retreats. It may be the world’s wellness capital but the secret to finding true enlightenment in Bali is embracing the menyama braya philosophy locals live by
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Coffee Afrik: the east London community group ‘rooted in joy, Islam and love’
Keeping unhoused people warm in winter, and supporting local women and young people, a grassroots organisation is bringing its own vision of community to the UK capital
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They say it takes a village to raise a child, but what if you don’t have a village?
Without wider support from relatives and a partner working full time, I bear the brunt of the work
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Cuts to Germany’s asylum mental health services put lives at risk, experts warn
Amid anti-immigration rhetoric stoked by a fatal stabbing in Aschaffenburg, trauma specialists say refugees need help just as resources are taken away
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If I put all of my clutter into one basket, will that help clear my anxious mind?
In her first column, Amna Saleem writes about a small solution to life’s problems: a basket in which she’d optimistically dump all of her hope and good intentions
