Opinion and Analysis Articles

[LISTEN] India: Ten Months of Ongoing Farmers Protests

Umm Muhammed Umar The farmers protest in India, now in its 10th month, has been putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nivedita Khandekar, associate editor at IANS, India's largest private news agency, spoke to Radio Islam about the laws...

When liberators face prosecutions

By Staff Writer 17:09:2021 The trial of Salih Mustafa, a Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and Kosovan politician, commenced on Wednesday, with Mostafa criticising the court's motivations. The trial, scheduled to sit between September and October, is taking place...

World Ozone Day 16th September

By Naseerah Nanabhai 15:09:2021 In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the 16th of September as World Ozone Day in commemoration of the date, in 1987 when the nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. This...

The Cabbage Bandit : How one man started a cabbage revolution

By Mumtaz Saley Moosa 14:09:2021 The Cabbage bandit has gone viral on social media over the weekend; Djo BaNkuna was told to remove his cabbage patch in front of his home or face possible jail time. The policeman who had told him to remove the patch asked him to apply...

Screen Addiction

 People are hooked to their technological devices while at work, walking, driving, running, eating, relaxing and even when going to the toilet. The cell phone has pervaded every sphere of our existence.he average adult is awake for 15 hours and 45 minutes every day....

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Reminiscing in Makkah

Ajyad Castle - Makkah   After 24 hours in Makkah Mukarramah, with Umrah completed, Alhamdulillah, and some much needed shut-eye. Relaxing past Isha on the roof top has always been a memorable experience. These days it affords an ideal vantage point to observe the ever...

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