30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “I just learned that Khadija Haffajee has Returned to God. Muslims in Canada from my generation, particularly women, will know Khadija Aunty.” — By Biryani For One — Vancouver, British Columbia

“I just learned that Khadija Haffajee has Returned to God.

Muslims in Canada from my generation, particularly women, will know Khadija Aunty.

When I was young she was the only woman on the Muslim speaker circuit and she came to Vancouver for many conferences and youth camps.

I remember so many sessions with her when all the youth would crowd her and share our stories and questions with her.

I remember Khadija Aunty as being a funny & loving woman who was straight forward and took no nonsense from anyone.

I respected her and learned so much from her.

Over the years I have thought about Khadija Aunty a lot.

She was also the only adult Muslim woman that I knew who has single.

She may have been the only single Muslim woman of her generation [or so it seemed to my young self]!

She did marry later in life & had a joyful marriage.

In my generation, many Muslim women stayed single, for reasons too numerous to detail on twitter.

For many years now I had wanted to contact Khadija Aunty & talk to her about her experiences of being single & ask her for advice.

I am so deeply sorry that I never made that call.

This is a year of loss upon loss.

From God we come and to God we Return.

May Khadija Aunty be blessed with eternal peace and joy and may we do good in this world with all the guidance, support, and instruction that she gave to so many of us for so long.

[This pic is from @nccm.]

— By Biryani For One

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