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South Africa
Gender-Based Violence Cost More than R36 Billion
By Neelam Rahim New research indicates that the cost of gender-based violence in South Africa could be higher than the estimated R36 billion. The figure was calculated as part of a research project by the Shared Value Africa Initiative and the University of...
Big fuel price drop expected
By Annisa Essack 16:08:2022 According to the Central Energy Fund's current unaudited mid-month data, significant reductions in fuel prices are expected in September (CEF). According to the Automobile Association (AA), the expected decreases will be considerable...
Africa
Africa Report: Climate change and crisis impact area of sport
By Neelam Rahim In discussion with Radio Islam International on this week’s Africa Report is Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, Thandi Smith. Kenyan election results are out. Many are asking whether Raila Odinga is perhaps the most unlucky candidate in...
Zimbabwe says it’s ready to receive its citizen as permits in SA expire
Umamah Bakharia Numerous Zimbabweans living in South Africa are facing uncertainty, after the South African government announced that it would not be extending the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP), which ended in December 2021. The permit-holders were given a...
World
Prominent Taliban scholar killed in Kabul attack
By Neelam Rahim A prominent Taliban religious leader, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, has been killed in a bombing attack at a seminary in Kabul. Speaking to Radio Islam International Independent Political analyst with a particular focus on Afghanistan, Hashmatullah Muslih...
Arab Countries offer Support to Saudi Arabia following Suicide Bomb Blast
Umm Muhammed Umar An alleged suspect in a fatal ISIS attack on a mosque in Saudi Arabia in 2015 blew himself up on Friday in Jeddah when Saudi security personnel were attempting to apprehend him. A Presidency of State Security announcement read: "When the procedures...
Ummah
The Palestine Report
By Neelam Rahim Concerning the bus shooting that occurred near Masjidul-Aqsa. Hafez Ebrahim said the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning when a Palestinian had opened up fire on an Israeli Jewish settler bus. Many Jewish settlers were wounded, some...
13 New Ministers After Egypt Cabinet Reshuffle
By Abu Muhammad This is Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's third cabinet reshuffle since he came into power in 2018. The changes that have been implemented show that the focus is on reviving the Egyptian economy that has been devastated by Covid. The...
Community
Namola safety app modified to accommodate each extension individually
By Neelam Rahim South Africans, including Lenasians, are exposed to many dangers from crime to hijacking, road accidents, fire, vehicle breakdown etc. a few years ago, there was a conversation around an app that has been launched, the Namola app. There have been some...
Westown, KZN’s new “green city”
By Annisa Essack 16:08:2022 The upgrading of Kassier Road has started the construction of Westown in Shongweni. Westown is the first development activity within the Shongweni Urban Development, an eThekwini project of over 2 000 hectares. It is a mixed-use precinct of...
OPINION
Political
Is South Africa on the blink of collapse? Experts weigh in
Umamah Bakharia South Africans have recently been facing tough times – with economic turmoil, increased crime, inequality and/or racism. In between fuel and inflation hikes, there was an escalation in protest action in the trucking industry, where in some cases entry...
Russia Launches Iranian Satellite Amid Ukraine War Concerns
By Neelam Rahim An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off Kazakhstan early on Tuesday. It went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. Radio Islam International is joined in discussion...
Social
Pick n Pay unveils new supermarket brand QualiSave
Annisa Essack 16:08:2022 Pick n Pay is targeting the middle market with its new QualiSave stores, which promise to offer essential items at lower prices, accounting for 40% of the company's owned stores. As the retail battle for South Africa's middle market...
Women’s Day 2022: Realising women’s rights for an equal future
By Naseerah Nanabhai 08:08:2022 Resilient, patient, loving, and strong — South Africa honours all women on National Women's Day, the 9th of August. This day dedicated to women has a significant and painful history. On the 9th of August 1956, approximately 20,000 women...
Religious
How To Overcome Living With Fear – Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
Jumuah Lecture Masjid Taqwaa - Roshnee 12th of August 2022 One of the greatest things affecting us these days is FEAR Fear is an emotion created by our minds. Sometimes it is real, and sometimes it is imagined. Fear is nothing but a state of mind. There are different...
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 Allah Ta'ala to live within their homes much easier -whilst running massive successful businesses. Home industries have moved from being something that we...
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Current Affairs
Al-Falaah’s Maryam Bassa and Husnaa Haffejee scoop prestigious awards
By Neelam Rahim Al Falaah College is proud to congratulate Maryam Bassa (Gr12), who scooped gold at the KZN Eskom Expo for Young Scientists held this week. Maryam impressed the judges with the presentation of her Aero-electricity project - “A final thrust towards a...
Analysis : US Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Middle East Report with James Dorsey
Yumna Moosa - James Dorsey, journalist and political analysist, has said that the US killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has a symbolic value at best. The killing took place earlier this week when the United States conducted a drone attack in Afghanistan's...
Islamic Discussions
What really happened at Karbala | Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
Sayiduna Hussain Radiyallahu Anhu was martyred at Karbala on the 10th of Muharram 61 AH. This was undoubtedly one of the saddest incidents in the history of Islam. Shimr Ibn Thil-Jawshan was responsible for this horrible and vile act. He was part of an army sent by...
Make Almighty Allah Your Beloved And Become Beloved To Him – Mufti Yusuf Moosagie
Love is by far the most beautiful human emotion. The love of Almighty Allah is the foundation of Islam. With its perfection, your Islam is perfected. And when there is a deficiency in it, there is a deficiency in your Imaan. Nabi Ebrahim Alaihi Salaam had an intense...
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Marriage – Part 4
Marriage to the Prophet ﷺ The Arabic proverb states: ليس الخبر كالعيان Narrative can never be equated to first-hand experience. After hearing about all the virtues and merits of Muhammad ﷺ from the rest of the people of Makkah, Khadijah RA was given the opportunity by...
Meeting Muhammed ﷺ – Part 3
Meeting Muhammed ﷺ Having seen two of her marriages end, Khadijah RA`s attention was now devoted to the upbringing of her children, and building up the business she inherited from her father. Her astuteness and business ability made her business one of the most...
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