Fatima Barkatulla

Fatima has had a rich Islamic education from an early age thanks to her parents. She is married and passionately raising four children.

In her teens, she studied Arabic and Islamic studies in Egypt at prominent institutes such as Al Fajr Center, Qortoba Institute and a college of Al Azhar University and is currently training to be an Islamic Scholar with senior scholars in institutes here in the UK and through regular visits abroad.

She has been a key contributor to the discourse surrounding Muslim women in the West, contributing to the Westminster Faith Debates, documentaries and live shows for BBC Radio, the World Service, as well as BBC Television, Channel 4 and Islam Channel.

In 2014 she was awarded the IKON UKHWAH International Award – for young women in dawah and community service at a ceremony in KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.

Currently Fatima is Director of SEEDS OF CHANGE – the biggest Muslim women’s conference in Europe.

Fatima Barkatulla – Envy Series – Episode 03 – Treating The Disease Of Hasad And Freeing Yourself From its Grip

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Fatima Barkatulla – Envy Series – Episode 01 – The Causes of Hasad

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Envy – Hasad – a disease of the spiritual heart that causes its destruction if indulged and acted upon. What are the real causes of envy? In part one on ‘envy’, Fatima Barkatulla looks at the evil and causes of envy and what exactly Hasad is and is not.

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Fatima Barkatulla – Your Success Doesn’t Depend on Other People’s Failure

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Some people look at everyone around them as opponents on their path to success. Fatima Barkatulla argues that there is an abundance of goodness to go around and your success does not depend on the failure of others – it depends on Allah’s will.

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Fatima Barkatulla – Do You Have Friends With High Aspirations

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If you are a person with high aspirations, do you have friends with high aspirations too? Or do you always surround yourself with the naysayers who cast a shadow over all of your ideas and projects? Ustadha Fatima Barkatulla says that you should make sure you have a core group of people who you meet … Read more

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Fatima Barkatulla – Your Past Doesn’t Define You

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Is living in the past holding you back? Many of us carry the past with us wherever we go. When we look into the future all we see is our past sadness, past failures, past obstacles. Fatima Barkatulla asks in this clip: What if you filed the past in the past? What could that do … Read more

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