Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com January 29, 2025, | 14:15 CAT 2 min read Residents of Johannesburg have been facing...
Opinion and Analysis Articles
Teen Self-Harm: Understanding and Addressing the Hidden Crisis
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 28 January 2025 | 15:48 CAT As the academic year commences, many...
Social Media: A Double-Edged Sword for Connection and Isolation
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 07 January 2025 | 18:50 CAT In an era defined by connectivity,...
Are you experiencing the end of year fatigue?
Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 1 min read | 12:30 PM CAT In just under two months, we will bid farewell to 2022 and welcome the new year. While many of us may be eager or even nervous for 2023, at this time of year, most people may be experiencing what...
Females face many different challenges that government needs to address
Mumtaz Moosa Saley | mumtazs@icloud.com 1 min read | 12:00 AM CAT Over the last few weeks, there has been an uproar about the gender-neutral toilets proposed for schools. Immediately gender-based violence groups lit up, and while inclusion was considered, the...
Globalisation in a post-pandemic world
Naseerah Nanabhai | naseerahnanabhai@gmail.com 1 min read | 10:00 Over the past several decades' global networks and corporations have expanded, but in a post-pandemic world, they are subject to being re-evaluated. Though they won't shift overnight, their reliability...
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...
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