By Umamah Bakharia Venezuela’s regional elections held on Sunday were distorted by an uneven playing field, violence...
Opinion and Analysis Articles
Budget speech has ‘unmet expectation’
By Umamah Bakharia 16:11:2021 Post Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, the health...
Visiting Medina: Etiquette & Virtues | Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
It is the desire of every Muslim to visit Madinatul Munawarrah: the city of Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam....
What does youth empowerment entail?
Guest Contributor | 2015. 08.18. | 2 Dhul Qa'ada 1436 H Image Credit Childhood is deemed as the best time to foster moral principles and construct a righteous value system. The youth of our country will soon become our future leaders. Young blogger Fatima Moola...
Our #riWhyWomen campaign – 10 Aug to 14 Aug 2015
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.08.15 | 28 Shawwal 1436 August is Women’s Month in South Africa. Radio Islam contributed to the discourse by initiating an #riWhyWomen campaign [Monday 10 Aug to Fri 14 Aug] on our morning and evening drive-time shows....
Are Ulama doing enough about the Yemen Crisis?
Opinion | umm Abdillah | Radio Islam Programming | 2015.07.31 | 14 Shawwal 1436 I have taken offence to the allegations that “the Ulama” are not doing enough about the Yemen crisis, nor are they playing any role in informing the South African Muslim public about the...
Can Islamic courses become harmful?
umm Abdillah, Radio Islam Programming | 2015.07.27 |10 Shawwal 1436 Could what we’re witnessing in a global outcrop of streamlined Islamic seminars, self-help workshops, intensives, retreats, zikr gatherings, and intellectual religious courses have negative...
Marital Bliss in Ramadaan
Last Ramadan, I looked forward to eating the fruit salad prepared by my husband’s hands for iftar. Even though the fruit pieces were not cut exactly the way I would have cut them myself, they were cut with love – and that’s what made my Ramadan extra special! Sitting...
6 tips to worship more consciously this Ramadaan
One Tuesday, a couple of weeks ago, I was so busy at work: finishing off documents, printing, copying, filing, racing against the clock to get as much work done in the minutes and hours I had. Only on my way home, as the sun went down and the sky darkened, did I...
Making Space For Our Future With Children In The Masjid
Imagine a Masjid where an Imam leads Salah while he holds a child in his arms. Imagine a Masjid where the cry of a baby changes the Imam’s intention and shortens the prayer for the entire congregation.This was the Masjid of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be...
Ramadan: A Month of Sacrifice and Tolerance
Faizel Patel, Radio Islam, 2015-06-17 The month of Ramadan has arrived. More than a billion Muslims around the world will abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn to dusk for a whole month. Fasting is one of the 5 tenants of the religion of Islam,...
Your children need your presence more than your presents
Opinion | Guest Contributor | 2015.06.15 | 27 Sha'ban 1436 AH Image Credit Mini Kim K's and Kanye's strut around confidently. Techno geeks and social snobs ready to contradict their parents. Know-it-All's challenge, even dominate their teachers. An oft-mentioned...