JUNIA Magazine Issue 03
A Magazine for women about faith, miracles and how to live the Christian life today. Encouragement, Inspiration and Links to Resources.
A Magazine for women about faith, miracles and how to live the Christian life today. Encouragement, Inspiration and Links to Resources.
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<strong>JUNIA</strong> MAGAZINE / ISSUE <strong>03</strong><br />
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Soraya is 40 years old and grew up in a devout<br />
Sunni Muslim family. Her father is an imam in a<br />
mosque, and the family is very influential. Because<br />
Soraya was from a Muslim family, she prayed<br />
often and Allah was at the centre of her life. She<br />
prayed five times per day and fasted on Mondays<br />
and Thursdays, as any devout Muslim would. She<br />
wanted to be a servant of Allah and often read the<br />
Koran and taught.<br />
ANITA BARKER<br />
ANDERSEN HAS BEEN<br />
SPEAKER DURING<br />
MANY CONFERENCES<br />
FOR WOMEN AND<br />
ALSO GUEST SPEAKER<br />
ON MANY OCCASIONS<br />
ALL OVER THE WORLD.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
<strong>JUNIA</strong> MAGAZINE<br />
As an adult, she taught other women how to<br />
grow deeper in their faith. She wore a niqab<br />
(a cloth that covers the face) every day; her<br />
parents were strict and she was never allowed<br />
to go out alone. Soraya’s big dream was to study<br />
at a university but her family thought it was<br />
in¬appropriate.<br />
Soraya’s family situation was very strained<br />
for a time. Her husband had left her and she felt<br />
abandoned and without hope. One night when<br />
she was completely despondent and felt she<br />
could no longer deal with her chaotic ituation, she<br />
called out to Allah in desperation for help.<br />
That same night she had a dream. In the dream,<br />
she sat with friends when three men appeared.<br />
The man in the middle said: “Come and follow me,<br />
I will help you!” Soraya had learned that women<br />
weren’t allowed to go with men, so in her dream<br />
she refused to follow the man. When the man left,