Asalam waliykum Sisters,
The whole purpose of the event was to make us women realise
the potential we have in whatever area, occupation we are in; we have the
ability to fulfill our duty to give dawah. We are not exempt due to being women
and leave the men to do all the work. If anything we have more ability to
spread Islam whether it is given dawah and speaking openly and honestly to
people when we go to the salon, picking our kids up from school, taken them to
appointments or inviting their friends around etc.
A couple of weeks ago, on the 20th May I was fortunate enough to attended,
along with over 1000 women the ‘Seeds of Change’ women’s conference at the plaza hotel in London. It is the
first of its kind organised by the well-known iERA. If you do not know who they
are please visit iera.org.uk. The main objective of this organisation is to
give dawah (Spreading the message of Islam) through different mediums.
Mashallah they are really successful due to the sheer enthusiasm, sacrifice and
dedication of all those involved. If you have ever been to one of their talks
or dawah retreats you will understand what I mean. Many of those involved
volunteer and do not get paid, but their reward is with Allah inshallah.
This was the first women’s only conference I had been to. Thus,
I was excited and already felt empowered, on saying that, there were a couple
of male speakers that doesn’t really count though.
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