Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
OMAR MURSALIN Before I start this Article, I would like to clarify to all readers that I don’t intend on offending anyone’s views or their beliefs. This article is not about whether the film 'The Lady of Heaven' should be shown around the country, or even about freedom of speech, but simply both sides of the debate within the Islamic community surrounding the film’s content. However, it is difficult to be perfectly balanced and so some narrations included may be disputed and not accepted by both sides. According to the Office for National Statistics, there are roughly 3,380,000 Muslims living in the UK [1] . Many of these Muslims living in the UK will come from different backgrounds and cultures, but nearly all of them will identify themselves as either Sunni or Shia. The Sunni / Shia divide is mostly around the Succession of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), and the different interpretations on certain events after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ). The majority of Shiites denounce the fir...