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Opinion and Analysis Articles
How to develop the skill of listening actively.
Shakirah Hunter Opinions are everywhere. We are inundated with information on every topic possible. And we too have...
The conflicting sides of grief and sorrow. Grieving whilst the world moves on
Shakirah Hunter Recently I had been doing a show , focusing on our expectations of Allah and how to keep our mindframe...
DA Trip to Middle East: The unanswered question
Ebrahim Moosa - Opinion | 19 Rabi uth Thani 1437/18 January 2017 The words of the leader of South Africa’s main opposition party were unmistakeable. “I will state this categorically for our Muslim South Africans, that I don’t have an agenda that is linked to any lobby...
A farewell sitting with Hazrat Moulana abdul Hafeez Makki RA
Ebrahim Moosa - 18 Rabi uth Thani 1438/17 January 2017 It is truly hard to quantify the depths of shock you encounter, when you had shared the company of a soul most recently, only to hear of that individual’s unexpected departure barely a few hours later. That shock...
Have Muslims Word Become Cheap?
Faizel Patel - 11-01-2017 "We live in a time where the Muslims word has become very cheap, we ourselves are not convinced that once we've given the word we need to uphold it." These are the words of renowned Islamic scholar and Radio Islam presenter Mufti Yusuf...
1000 cars burnt: This is how ‘civilised’ France celebrates its New Year
Ebrahim Moosa - Radio Islam | 11 Rabi uth thani 1438/ 10 January 2017 France heads to the polls in April in an election that is set to see immigration and national identity loom large as key themes in campaigning. And arguably underpinning the discourse on both of...
My post-matric rude awakening
Ebrahim Moosa - Opinion | 06 Rabi uth Thani 1438/ 05 January 2017 The vividness with which I remember the day makes me giddy. Thursday December 29, 2005. It’s just after the crack of dawn, when a squawking telephone breaks the morning silence. I don’t answer, but do...
[WATCH] Understanding The Syrian Conflict – Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
Syrian Crisis & Attacks on Aleppo The conflict in Syria that has continued for 6 years and it is complex. Watch a Jumuah lecture in which Mufti Yusuf Moosagie of Radio Islam International explain the dynamics of the conflicts and outlines what you can do.
Syria in desperate need of eye specialists – The mirror effect
Yusuf Omar - Opinion | 19 December 2016. With the recent disastrous events in Syria, Aleppo in particular, the locals of that region are in urgent need of assistance from Muslims, nay humans, around the globe. Like those suffering in Syria, we often ask “what is the...
Qeela wa Qaala: The problem with ‘As Recieved’ messages
Ebrahim Moosa - Radio Islam International | 13 Rabi ul Awwal 1437/13 December 2016 It has become an almost ubiquitous feature of WhatsApp chats: the title line of a message sporting the words ‘As Received’. The contents of the message that follow may be sensitive,...
Echoes of Surah al Burooj: Rohingya infants being thrown into fires
Ebrahim Moosa - Radio Islam International | 13 Muharram 1437/13 December 2016 The colossal catastrophe which has been the plight of the Rohingya continues to worsen. In the latest manifestation of the long-standing torment of the world’s most persecuted minority,...