The Despicable Abuse – Part 3
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Part 3 I picked up the pieces of the situation and dealt with it as best as I could. My left arm was badly bruised and swollen, a reminder of what had happened. The worse thing...
View ArticleThe Scarless Torture
Part 1 | Part 2 I don’t even know where to start. I left everything for him. My home, my job, my family, my friends, everything I had ever known to move to a strange city hundreds of miles from...
View ArticleThe Scarless Torture – Part 2
Part 1 | Part 2 Any grain of love and trust and hope that I had for him and our marriage broke at that moment. That moment was when I began to suffer from what I was diagnosed with later as Post...
View ArticleEmotional Abuse: A Man’s Account
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 I wanted to make a video, but I couldn’t. Even now that it’s all over, the very thought that my ex might watch it fills me with fear; fear for not only myself, but my family....
View ArticleEmotional Abuse: A Man’s Account – Part 2
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Prior to getting married, I had informed her that I suffered from depression as a teenager and that I was diagnosed with an emotional disorder, but for years did not experience...
View ArticleEmotional Abuse: A Man’s Account – Part 3
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 I took the next bus I could and travelled a whole day across the border to the neighbouring country to grant her a talaq. Her parents were there, along with other witnesses....
View ArticleTomorrow Is Too Late
Tomorrow Is Too Late I remember a few ramadhans ago, how time seems to accelerate each time, I promised myself I would try and read a few more rakats taraweeh next year, that I would try and spend more...
View ArticleMental Slavery …
I write my story in the hope that it sends out a message across all Asian communities that daughter in-laws should be treated with the utmost love and respect. Where this may not be the case, and women...
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Domestic Abuse and the Muslim Community – One Day Seminar
Attend the upcoming seminar delivered by Khalida Haque (a leading counselling psychotherapist) and get an insight in to Domestic Abuse. When: Saturday 21st October Time: 10am-5:30pm Cost: £25 (inc Meal...
View ArticleStrength Against All Expectations
My story started when I got married to the man I thought would make my life better. I knew he had flaws, but as I’m a very easy going person raised to respect your husband and basically listen to and...
View ArticleMarried But Single …
I am heartbroken as I write this and I feel that the situation is becoming clear to me that I cannot live like this anymore. I read your posts and cry so much as they resonate with me. Below is my...
View ArticleBroken and Blackmailed – Part 1
Throughout the earliest years of my childhood and youth I remember myself as a happy go lucky individual, but as I grew up in to my teens/youth this is what I portrayed myself to be to the rest of the...
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Hayes Muslim Center – Domestic Abuse Workshop
#MyMosqueCares is a new initiative to get our mosques and community leaders involved in helping victims of abuse, by equipping them with the right tools and knowledge we aim to be able to work together...
View ArticleInterview with a DV Lawyer
Tahera Patel (Solicitor & Mediator) Copper Stone Solicitors How often do you see clients suffering from dv who need legal advice? Almost, on a daily basis. Statistics shows that around 1.9 million...
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Give Domestic Abuse the Red Card this #WorldCup #TUNENG
If you or someone you know are at risk, please contact the emergency services. Give Domestic Abuse the Red Card this #WorldCup #TUNENG
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