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South African Living In Saudi Arabia Shares Her Story on Performing Hajj From Within the Kingdom
By Umamah Bakharia Less than 2 days before the start of Hajj, anticipation is high in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With this year being the first Hajj for foreigners since the lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kingdom has been welcoming pilgrims since early...

HAJJ TALK 2022 WITH HAFEZ EBRAHIM MOOSA – 01 JULY 2022
By Annisa Essack 30062022 Hafez Ebrahim Moosa enlightened us about the Makkah Route initiative launched in 2018 when the Saudi authorities began to implement measures to ease travel procedures for pilgrims from abroad. The service was first introduced in Malaysia and...
South Africa

South African Living In Saudi Arabia Shares Her Story on Performing Hajj From Within the Kingdom
By Umamah Bakharia Less than 2 days before the start of Hajj, anticipation is high in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With this year being the first Hajj for foreigners since the lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kingdom has been welcoming pilgrims since early...

Massive Fuel Increase With No Word On Gauteng e-Toll System
By Umamah Bakharia South Africans have to get ready for massive fuel price hikes on Wednesday as the petrol levy cut falls from R1.50 a litre to 75c. Petrol prices will be hiked by R2.37 for 93 octanes and R2.57 for 95 octanes a litre, while diesel prices will rise...
Africa

Zimbabwe Introduces Gold Coins To Curb Inflation
Written by Umamah Bakharia Zimbabwe is set to introduce gold coins that will enable investors to store value weighing the country as inflation spirals out of control and the local currency continues to rapidly devalue against major currencies. The move comes after...

UN envoy warns of spiralling DRC conflict
By Neelam Rahim The world organization envoy within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has warned that fighting within the east of the country could spiral out of control amid reports of grave rights abuses within the region’s restive provinces. A recent...
World

Denmark is shocked as a gunman opens fire and kills three at the Copenhagen shopping centre
By Neelam Rahim A gunman has killed three individuals and battle-scarred another four at a store in Denmark's capital Copenhagen. Danish capital chief police inspector Søren Thomassen aforementioned the victims — a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old lady, both Danes...

A village flattened, and at least five were killed in a magnitude 6.1 quake on Iran’s coast
By Neelam Rahim At least five people were killed by a magnitude-6.1 earthquake in southern Iran early on Saturday, with the realm also hit by two later strong quakes of up to 6.3 magnitudes. Some 24 tremors, two with a magnitude of 6.3 and 6.1, followed the 2 am...
Ummah

Palestine Report with Hafez Ebrahim Moosa
By Neelam Rahim Speaking to Radio Islam, Hafez Ebrahim Moosa says that last month there were reports of stones falling from the walls of the Islamic Museum on the one end at Masjidul Aqsa and the underground structure known as the old Aqsa. "In the last few days,...

13 years since a veiled martyr was savagely stabbed in a German court
By Neelam Rahim While Marwa el-Sherbini was within the dock, recalling, however, that the defendant had affronted her for wearing the hijab when she asked him to let her son sit on a swing, that the same man strode across the Dresden court and plunged a knife into her...
Community

Muslim Academics and Students slam decision by University of Pretoria to close prayer room
By Neelam Rahim There is widespread anger among Muslim academics and students for what they call the University of Pretoria’s forcible closure of the salaah facility at its health sciences faculty. The salaah facility, or the Musallah at the Prinshof Campus close to...
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[LISTEN] Don’t Compare Your Child to Others
Umm Muhammed Umar Radio Islam spoke to author, public speaker, trainee performance coach, Junaid Bhayat about developing hidden talents in children. Research highlights that nearly 5% of kids have special talents from childhood. Some recognize those talents at a very...
OPINION
Political

Ramaphosa discusses food security in a phone call to Putin
By Neelam Rahim President Cyril Ramaphosa had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. They discussed possible Russian agricultural products and fertiliser deliveries to Africa, including South Africa. “The presidents expressed satisfaction...

Russia blocks the export of grain by Ukraine
By Neelam Rahim In February, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted Kyiv’s Black Sea grain exports, threatening a global food crisis. Has driven up world food prices to record levels. Black Sea ports in Ukraine, the world’s fourth-largest grains exporter, have been...
Social

Right-to-Die activist Sean Davison speaks to Radio Islam after his three year house arrest for assisting in the process of euthanasia
Transcript by Yumna Moosa - After assisting three people in the process of euthanasia and being charged with premeditated murder, three years of house arrest was the sentence given to DignitySA right-to-die activist Sean...
Right-to-Die activist Sean Davison on Euthanasia
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Religious

HALAL CHOCOLATE WARS
SHAKIRAH HUNTER Chocolate should never be an issue of contention- at least that is the universal understanding of chocolate , yet last week we had contradictory statements coming out of our Halaal certification bodies – one stating that certain chocolate products were...
The Dua Portal: When fatigue overwhelms you
Shakirah Hunter This past weekend my nieces and nephews came over for our first sleepover. We had a lovely pizza evening followed by a anasheed evening with words being mumbled and lovely tea in tiny Turkish teacups. The four-year-old and three-year-old were super...
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PODCASTS
Current Affairs

Eskom urges the community of Soweto to allow them to install prepaid electricity meters
Transcribed by Yumna Moosa Eskom has urged Soweto residents to allow them to install prepaid electricity meters, as resistance to this option could see the community being left in the dark this winter. The company made this call after it emerged that its...
Prepaid electricity meters in Soweto with Eskom spokesperson Amanda Qithi
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Islamic Discussions
Presenters

Palestine Report – 04/07/2022
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Debby Engelbrecht: The Difference between Doulas and Midwives
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Other

South African Living In Saudi Arabia Shares Her Story on Performing Hajj From Within the Kingdom
By Umamah Bakharia Less than 2 days before the start of Hajj, anticipation is high in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With this year being the first Hajj for foreigners since the lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kingdom has been welcoming pilgrims since early...

HAJJ TALK 2022 WITH HAFEZ EBRAHIM MOOSA – 01 JULY 2022
By Annisa Essack 30062022 Hafez Ebrahim Moosa enlightened us about the Makkah Route initiative launched in 2018 when the Saudi authorities began to implement measures to ease travel procedures for pilgrims from abroad. The service was first introduced in Malaysia and...
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Theme Discussions

Allah wants ease for us Part 2
Allah Wants Ease for Us فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief. Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. (Al-Sharh 94: 5-6) The above verses are full of hope that inspires and motivates us...

One Difficulty two Ease – Part 1.docx
Our theme for this year`s Hajj 1443 broadcast is, ‘’With Difficulty Comes Ease”. This is a very broad concept that must be understood. This concept is actually the translation of a very profound verse in the Quran which Allah in His infinite wisdom and Knowledge...
Tafseer

DAILY TAFSEER: Surah An-Naml: Part 77
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DAILY TAFSEER: Surah An-Naml: Part 76
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