Defying the Dunya

Join Damita on this episode, where she speaks about how to find your purpose and setting intentions that sit with your own beliefs and values. We hope you enjoy!

In this episode, we discuss how ramadan is going so far, changing habits and ways to stay productive. We hope you enjoy, and Ramadan Mubarak!

Join us on this episode as we discuss what our purpose in life is and how to research religion in part 2 on back to the deen.

Join us on this episode as we discuss the importance of religion as a way of life and how to find God for yourself. Enjoy!

Ramadan is around the corner and preparation is key. In this episode, we discuss the month of Sha’ban and how to make the most out of it before Ramadan begins, and different ways to plan for ramadan and how we can better ourselves this year. We hope you enjoy!

Mental Health is a growing yet hidden epidemic effecting many in current day society. It is indiscriminate of age, race or gender and more efforts should be done in raising awareness & shutting down stigmas relating to mental health. Join us on this episode as we discuss the individual challenges we have faced with our mental health; the stigmas and misconceptions of mental health and how we remain steadfast in our deen during in times of low eman as we turn to Hadith & Quran.  (0:00) Intro/trigger warning (00:45) Part 1 - How mental health has impacted us & our experiences (25:20) Part 2 - What keeps us going (46:15) Answering audience questions (1:08:55) Wrap up

Culture is a big factor within people's lives all around the world. It holds a lot of history and depth of one's identity, where it is said to improve our quality of life and improves general well-being for both individuals and communities. However, some cultures put their culture above religion, where it cannot coincide with one another. On the other hand, culture can in fact help with one's belief and give a foundation for the factors embedded in Islam. Join Sister Weam and Sister Damita, where they discuss their own relationships and experiences between culture and religion. We hope you enjoy!  Follow us on Instagram & Tik Tok @defyingthedunya Also watch the full episode with video on our YouTube Channel @defyingthedunya Timestamps Intro/ Damita’s Culture & Weam’s culture (0:00) Culture and islam (11:10) Women being powerful in islam (19:05) Reverting ‘for other people’ misconceptions (21: 28) The UK and the struggles we face as muslims (22:45) Tik Tok and the toxicity/ benefits of the platform (34:25) The future and if there will be cultural change (36:20) Culture and marriage (38:00) Answering your questions (43:16) People pushing haram onto you (43:35) Being accepted In a job (46:15) People automatically thinking muslims are bad (50:20) Being seen as ‘too religious’ (54:30) Wearing hijab and dressing modestly without being judged (58:20) Cultural issue of the predominately Christian Jamaican principles (1:00:23) Free mixing and male friends (1:03:47) Free mixing in weddings (1:07:50) Shisha being seen as "halal" just because many people in their culture do it and the music (1:10:45) Overall thoughts on the questions (1:13:25) Disciplining children in cultures (1:14:47) Makruh in Islam - (1:16: 30) Interracial relationships in islam (1:20:18) Summary & Wrap up (1:24:12)

Finding Islam is often a term used for reverts but the reality is even born Muslims have to find Islam for themselves. Join us on our journey to Islam, where in this episode we discuss the challenges and experiences we face as reverts and born muslims. Intro (00:00) Aaliyah's Revert Story & Experiences (01:00) Syeda's Born Muslim Story & Experiences (12:15) Damita's Revert Story & Experiences (25:40) Weam's Born Muslim Story & Experiences (32:20) Discussions & Answering Some Commons Questions (41:50) How we are with Islam now (1:07:40) Outro (1:28:30) Follow us on our Instagram & Tik Tok @Defyingthedunya