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Are schools allowed to charge you a re-registration fee?
By Mumtaz Saley Moosa 24:11:2021 It is that time of the year again when all schools have requested readmission forms...
AmaBhungane Win War Against SARS For Zuma’s Tax Records
By Umamah Bakharia The High Court ruled that former president Jacob Zuma hand over tax information has prompted a...
Hajj Reflections of a Reporter
Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News | 2015-10-14 Image Credit Reporting on this year’s Hajj has been my most difficult assignment, writes Radio Islam's Faizel Patel. "I have been on the Hajj and Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) before, but I wasn't prepared for what this task...
Iran and Saudi Arabia – A Long History of Hajj Tensions
Umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.10.09 | 25 Dhul Hijjah 1436 Image Credit Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were martyred in the Mina stampede of 2015. However officials at Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization say about 4,700 people, including...
Careers 2016 – Choose Politics
Opinion | Umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming, 2015.10.05, 21 Dhul Hijjah 1436 Image Credit As matric exams 2015 dawn, no doubt many a Muslim student, even at the younger levels is deciding on a career path. For those who are fortunate enough to have some choice...
Coping with calamities and sadness
Guest contributor | 2015.10.01 | 16 Dhul Hijjah 1436 AH Eid is a difficult time for those in grief. The past months have been marred with many a sudden passing. We usually hear of these things happening to "someone else." As we celebrate Eidul Adha and culminate the...
Radio Islam launches programming for Dhul Hijjah 1436H
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.09.14 | 29 Thul Qa'ada 1436 AH It was all systems go on Radio Islam this morning when we launched our programming line-up for the Hajj season 1436 Hijri. Buzzing energy from team members in our Johannesburg studios and...
MERS outbreak threat during Hajj overhyped?
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.08.31 | 15 Dhul Qa'da 1436 Image Credit Saudi Arabia has proposed a ban on sacrificing camels as part of Hajj rituals this year. This comes amidst a rising death toll and prevention of the spread of Middle East...
“HAJJI” as a weapon of WAR
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.08.28 | 12 Dhul Qa’dah 1436 Image Source It is Hajj time again. A time of year when we all yearn for a call to make the sacred pilgrimage to Makkah – and become a Hajji. To most of us “Hajji” is an honorific title. But,...
Hajj – No Country for Old Men
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.08.24 | 08 Dhul Qa'ada 1436 Image Credit The notion that Hajj is for the old has been systematically debunked and dismissed by many scholars and callers over decades. Over the last 5 years it seems the hard work of...
KAIROS Document 30: Against Palestinian occupation and Imperial theology
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.09.22 | 6 Dhul Qa'ada 1436 The 30th anniversary of the adoption of the KAIROS Document of 1985 was marked in South Africa this past week. In 1985, under a state of emergency, many concerned church leaders took a stand in...