Ten years ago, the country and the world were stunned when a wage strike in Marikana turned deadly, leading to the...
Opinion and Analysis Articles
Building a business empire as a Muslim woman
Shakirah Hunter Technology has to a great extent made the lives of Muslim women wishing to fulfill the command of...
The Dua Portal: Take care of your relationship of Allah and HE will take care of your relationship with people
Shakirah Hunter I have always heard the advice to ensure that we take care first and foremost of the relationship...
Heritage Day 24th September: Braai4Heritage
By Naseerah Nanabhai 22:09:2021 When Heritage Day was proclaimed an official holiday in 1996, former president Nelson Mandela said: "When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that...
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[LISTEN] Behind the Attempted Coup in Sudan
Ebrahim Deen Authorities in Sudan on Tuesday announced the thwarting of a coup attempt from what it called former Omar Al Bashir loyalists. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok argued that, “For the first time, people involved in the attempt were arrested… They are being...
Shared Insights into Significant Recent Events
Umm Muhammed Umar Scott Lucas, founding editor of EA Worldview, a professor at University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, spoke to Radio Islam about some of the significant events that have taken place in the last few weeks. Touching on the developments in...
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[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...
Food Allergy versus Food Intolerance
By Naseerah Nanabhai 08:09:2021 Reactions to certain foods are normal, but in most instances, it is caused by food intolerance and not a food allergy, as many of us might think. Usually, a food intolerance causes some of the same signs and symptoms as a food allergy,...
GREEN MUSLIM SERIES: Lessons of Tawheed, Sabr, Tawakkul and Shukr from the Incredible Butterfly
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind Lessons of Tawheed, Sabr, Tawakkul and Shukr from the Incredible Butterfly Allah SWT has created everything with a beautiful purpose and meaning. Butterflies are alluring and inspirational creatures. Apart from...