Roedah Mansour is the founder of Sunnatul Hayaat. She began the site as it served as a way for her to stay in touch with the Muslim community and to keep her priorities straight. She hosted halaqa gatherings weekly in her living room as a college student in an attempt to bring young Muslim women in the community together to create a safe space in turbulent times.
The halaqas (circles) were aimed to forster a support group in which we turn to faith, trust and inclusiveness to address personal problems such as depression, loss and other sorts of low morale. Halaqas traditionally are gatherings in which theology is taught and discussed, and she was inspired by that to extend the forum from simple theology lectures to faith-based discourse about real life situations and problems that we all endure through. This way, Roedah can positively impact young women so they can overcome the issues many of us face as we create our identities as young adults and continue forward in life, inshaAllah.
These halaqa gatherings inspired the site, Sunnatul Hayaat, a revival of a young women’s group Roedah once participated in which motivated her deep interest in faith and communal solidarity.
The halaqas (circles) were aimed to forster a support group in which we turn to faith, trust and inclusiveness to address personal problems such as depression, loss and other sorts of low morale. Halaqas traditionally are gatherings in which theology is taught and discussed, and she was inspired by that to extend the forum from simple theology lectures to faith-based discourse about real life situations and problems that we all endure through. This way, Roedah can positively impact young women so they can overcome the issues many of us face as we create our identities as young adults and continue forward in life, inshaAllah.
These halaqa gatherings inspired the site, Sunnatul Hayaat, a revival of a young women’s group Roedah once participated in which motivated her deep interest in faith and communal solidarity.
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