Story By Aremu Taiwo
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Aremu Taiwo

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My Purity, my pride
Updated at Jun 13, 2026, 06:12
First day of resumption. Islamiyah and Amira stepped into university together.Amira’s mother skipped her eye checkup to pay tuition. Islamiyah’s father, the respected Imam, had already paid her rent.After lectures and prayers at the mosque, Islamiyah said "Let me call Imam."Amira teased her: "Why can't you call him Dad? He IS your dad!" Islamiyah smiled: "That’s the name people call him. That’s how I can call him too."Islamiyah dialed her father’s number. "Assalamualaikum Imam," she said. "Waalaikumusalam my daughter," he replied. Then he sent her 500,000 naira.He loves her. He provides for her. He calls her "my daughter."But the world calls him Imam... and so does she.Follow Islamiyah and Amira through university life, lectures, prayers, and the beauty of being an Imam’s daughter.
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