A Walk Into The Gardens Of My Mind

Two days after the 7/7 bombing anniversary, I sat reading an English interpretation of the Holy Qur'an on the train, I could feel numerous sets of eyes preying on me. A few people were staring at the cover of the Qur'an, others looked awkward that I had caught them looking. Welcome to my world as a twenty one year old Muslim. My religion has been important to me since I have been a teenager, I recall my friends were always going to get their eyebrows done, which is regarded as a major sin in Islam as one is interfering with the way Allah has created them. I have been tempted to get my eyebrows shaped but I said no! Also my friends had boyfriends and encouraged me to do the same, but I stayed strong and didn't give in. Pre marital relationships are forbidden in Islam, and so I strived my hardest to follow this rule. With my parents being very strict as well, I was hardly allowed out, so that I wouldn't go to meet any boys and get up to mischief. During my former y