Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za Researcher at lobby group My Vote Counts, Joel Bregman, spoke to Radio Islam...
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Understanding the Bangladeshi Riots and Their Causes
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 7 August 2024 | 10:30 CAT 2 minute read For weeks, Bangladesh has been rocked by...
Our Children Need More Time in Madrassa
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 01 August 2024 | 21:00 CAT 1 min read We live in unprecedented times, and our...
Qatar World Cup facing racism or is it Islamophobia?
Mumtaz Moosa Saley | kzn@radioislam.org.za 1 min read | 10:45 The countdown to the World Cup has begun, and allegations of racism and intolerance follow. I am left questioning if this is due to Qatar imposing rules on teams aligning with their countries' laws or...
Hayaah – a continuous journey of growing your relationship with Allah
Shakirah Hunter Hayaa. Modesty. We tend to confuse this word and minimise it's meaning. We have taken Hayaa down to the wearing of a headscarf. Hayaa is so much more than this. Firstly it is one of the greatest gifts of Allah upon us the Muslim Ummah. Nabi صلى الله...
The Dua Portal – Lessons from blooming Jacarandas to breathtaking thunder
Shakirah Hunter I am sitting in my lounge looking out at the lovely large windows overlooking the beauty that is currently Johannesburg. It is purple season and the Jacarandas are in bloom. The City which has been plagued by shortages of both water and electricity has...
Gatherings of the Qur’an
Shakirah Hunter There is a famous incident wherein the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was commanded by Allah Ta'ala to sit down with a group of people who had gathered together to listen to the Kalam of Allah Ta'ala. Allah mentions this command to His Beloved Habeeb...
Stunning Ancient Artwork Found at Site Sacked by ISIS
Muhammad Bham mbham@radioislam.co.za 4min read In April, archeologists working in the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh which had been destroyed by ISIS, uncovered a pulse-quickening discovery—a sealed gateway unknown in any previous excavations or surveys of the site....
The need for social entrepreneurship in South Africa
Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 1 min read | 16:00 With 31% of the country’s population living below the national poverty line, low national skill and education levels, a high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, high crime rates, and limitations in essential...
Boycott of Egypt’s climate summit
Mumtaz Moosa Saley | mumtazs@icloud.com 1 min read | 14:00 The UN’s 27th conference on climate is set to begin on the 6th of November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg has announced that she would not attend the COP27 United...
Nikola Motors downfall and conviction of the former CEO
Mumtaz Moosa - Saley | kzn@radioislam.org.za 1 min read | 07:15 CAT In 2018, they launched a prototype behind the partial electric and hydrogen long haul trucks. Investors had jumped on the bandwagon behind the company’s ideas, with many stating that Nikola motors...
Health implications for employees of a four-day workweek
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3 min read | 7:43 am CAT A South African company, IQbusiness, is one of the first businesses in the country to participate in a 4-Day Week work pilot programme. According to this concept, employees will put in the same number of...
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