ISLAM

WILL I be ready for Hajj?’ he asked the surgeon. He was due for a heart bypass operation. Hajj was still four months away. ‘As long as you do not carry bags, you may be fit to go for Hajj,’ the specialist replied. I was not witness...

BASHEER MOOSAGIE TO be a Muslim is to live in accordance with the will of the Divine. Muslims often say, with joy and pride, that it is easy to be a Muslim since Islam is ‘the straight path’ leading to Paradise. What this means, is that the...

DR MARDEYAH BASSIER ‘IF obesity in South African children continues to increase at the current rate, 3,91 million school children will be overweight or obese by 2025,’ according to The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, in October, 2016. Obesity in children is a serious epidemic that...

Adv AB MAHOMED SC MUSLIMS constitute 25% of the world’s population, endowed with 60% of the world’s natural resources but tragically constitute 80% of the world’s poor, deprived, subjugated and oppressed. As a balance sheet for the world of Islam, this state of affairs cannot be illustrated...

JASMINE KHAN NOT so long ago, the sound of a ringing telephone was greeted with anticipation. Perhaps it would be a friend or family member just wanting to chat; it was a way of connecting personally and keeping in touch. I remember having Saturday night dates with...

FOUZIA RYKLIEF WHAT is our main purpose as parents but the most difficult? Letting go gradually in appropriate ways over our children’s growing years. Different skills are required by parents at different stages of a child’s development. The relationship changes as the child grows. It begins with...