ISLAM

In the first of a series of articles on creation, DR YUSUF NOOR provided a glimpse into how the scientific community viewed how the universe came into being. He now looks at how the Quran describes the layout of the solar system. He emphasises that the amazing...

In reflecting on the dawn of another Eid during lockdown, JASMINE KHAN reminds us that there are many things we should be grateful for. WE are about to celebrate a second Eid-ul-Fitr during the pandemic. Thankfully, the situation is a little better than last year; we are...

JAMIATUL ULAMA SA EID MESSAGE THE celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr is a marker that the spring season of immense rewards that is Ramadaan is behind us. This invokes an emotional ambivalence as a sense of apprehension lingers while, at the same time, we rejoice with a sense of...

WE live in a time of speed and haste. Ramadaan is a month that offers us a few additional moments for reflection, contemplation and learning. Still, we find ourselves looking for faster ways of assimilating knowledge. The Basics is a series of booklets, written by Shaikh Ismail...

Dr ESHAAM PALMER dealt with the prevalence and seriousness of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the Muslim community, in the first part of this series. In part two, he covers the issue from an Islamic perspective, how to avoid sexual abuse and what to do...

Dr ESHAAM PALMER, in the first of a two-part series, deals with the prevalence and seriousness of the sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the Muslim community. CHILDREN are our future and thus they deserve special protection from adults. Every child is someone’s child; every child...

RADIA Razack is an accomplished professional with a career as environmental lawyer. But she has a story to tell, disturbing in its detail yet astonishingly inspiring in its approaching finale. Our reporter, MAHMOOD SANGLAY, spoke to her. Radia’s story is one of near-closure. It is a sustained,...

In the first of a series of articles on creation, DR YUSUF NOOR provides a glimpse into how the scientific community viewed how the universe came into being. WHAT could be more fascinating than wanting to know how our universe came into existence? How did the whole...

The National Shelter Movement of South Africa’s helpline takes its first call – dedicated to those seeking help from domestic and intimate partner violence. On Wednesday December 2, the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) started taking its first calls on its very own 24-hour toll-free...

In this third and final part of the series on the Master’s thesis of the late Shaikh Seraj Hendricks, DR AUWAIS RAFUDEEN looks at the practice of tasawwuf during the era of Tuan Guru. (Click here for part one and here for part two) THE era of...