Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za Researcher at lobby group My Vote Counts, Joel Bregman, spoke to Radio Islam...
Political (opinion) Articles
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...
Islam and Politics – Chief Justice, Mufti Taqi Uthmani حفظه الله
The Purpose of Politics We explained yesterday that if we were to accept and believe that the purpose of Islam is to...
Middle East Report – Dr James M. Dorsey
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 22 March 2024 | 15:00 CAT 2 min read According to award-winning journalist and scholar Dr James M. Dorsey, the fundamental gap between Israel and Hamas regarding what a ceasefire would represent is whether it would be permanent or...
Middle East Report – Israel and US Allies Intensify Efforts to Discredit Qatar as Mediator Between Hamas and Israeli Government
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 23 February 2024 | 19:00 CAT 2 min read Israel and its staunch US allies are intensifying efforts to discredit Qatar, the primary mediator between Hamas and the Israeli government, amid stalled talks for a Gaza ceasefire and a...
South Africa on the Brink: Rising Social Unrest Sparks Concern Amongst Investors
Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 4 September 2023 | 10:30 CAT 2 min read Recently, South Africa has been in the spotlight due to an escalating risk of social unrest. The Daily Investor has been closely monitoring the situation, and several factors contribute to...
Unpacking Jenin and understanding the importance of this area
By Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 6 July 2023 | 19:30 CAT 2 min read Jenin is a small city far North of the West Bank, near the border of Israel. The area became home to many Palestinian families displaced when Israel was created in 1948 and remained one of...
The Crucial Role That Civil Society Play in Our Country
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 13 June 2023 2023 | 17:37 CAT Civil society has been part and parcel of the country since the apartheid era when they led from the front in the fight for a democratic South Africa. Almost 30 years into our...
Hammanskraal tells you all you need to know about an unresponsive government: Opinion
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 05 June 2023 | 20:12 CAT Hammanskraal tells you all you need to know about an unresponsive government, says the former executive mayor of Tshwane and Build One South Africa executive committee member Stevens...
Trust in Ramaphosa is failing months before the 2024 elections
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 23 May 2023 | 20:56 CAT We are moving closer and closer to the 2024 national elections, although the date has yet to be gazetted. Political parties are already in full electioneering mode, with the ANC trying its...
Albanian Democracy 2023 – The choice between drug cartels and a democracy
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 11 May 2023 | 17:00 CAT 2 min read The Republic of Albania has scheduled its upcoming local elections for May 14, 2023. In the previous local elections on June 30, 2019, the opposition boycotted, resulting in a low turnout of only...
UK proposal to halt migrants
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@icloud.com 09:03:2023 | 15:00 PM CAT 1 min read For years the British government had been wrestling with how to deal with the migration crisis it faced, as many migrants enter the UK illegally, often in small inflatable boats. In 2016 Britain’s...
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