Youth

islaaminfo.com “I never asked to be born!” “Stop trying to control my life!” “I hate you!” You thought you were over the hard part—changing diapers and being awakened throughout the night by your crying baby, dealing with an uncontrollable two-year old “monster,” and trying to handle a mischievous child, who …

    The message below was received from a concerned university student: “Slmz. How are you Moulana.. Alhumdulillah I have started campus and its going well. It was quite a big adjustment for me but shukr I’m getting there.. It is very shocking to see our muslims are gone off …

  Ebrahim Moosa In the Shariah there is no concept of a ‘holiday’ as such, a recent episode of Cii Radio’s Ulama In Focus heard. Sheikh Mukhtar Raban, a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah Al Munawwarah and lecturer at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth told …

Sakeena Suliman – Opinion | 03 October 2013 With the number of studies done to answer this question one could say it’s taken a beating over the last two decades. And yet it continues to be backed into a corner to be dealt a flurry of more punches even though …

Sakeena Suliman – Opinion | 26 September 2013/20 Dhul Qa’dah 1434- cii Girl One was 25 when she met the man she wanted to marry. He was 40 and married yet they became firm friends. Contrary to what many would assume their relationship was an intimacy of two minds and …

  Ebrahim Moosa – Cii Radio | 5 Shawaal 1434/13 August 2013 There was much consternation in South African Muslim ranks earlier this year as reactions cascaded in to reports that believers were among those who had flocked in large numbers to scoop up tickets to the concert of a …

Umm Zainab Vanker and Umm Khadijah discuss youthful marriages. They focus on the attitudes held amongst Muslims that impede the successful implementation of young marriages. TWO extremes are found amongst the Muslim youth regarding marriage: Over-idealism, wherein they imagine that marriage will make their life perfect; and severe pessimism, wherein …

By Abdurrahman Umar It could have been the splash of red or the overabundance of hearts or the young man in a designer jeans that caught his eye, but Sheikh Hamaad stopped under the bold “Valentine’s day Specials” banner, set his shopping basket on the floor and watched the young …

2013 10, 9, 8, 7, 6…… THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS. EVERY year by this time, as the New Year rolls around, most of us get ready to hit the ‘NEW YEAR SCENE’. From newspapers to the Internet, Facebook friends to classmates, everyone seems to be talking about ‘THE MOST AWAITED DAY …

With Moulana Bobat It’s late at night, you hear creaks, but it’s just the house settling down you think. The rain pelting down, wind howling, you leave the comfort of your bed to check if everything is fine in your house. As you walk through the passage you see a …