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Every parent desires the best for his child. In fact, it is only parents and perhaps some educators that would wish for their children and learners better than what they themselves enjoy. In modern times the best is reduced to the “Best comforts of the world.” The ‘best’ car, the …

Friday 16:10: “Oh No, Only 20 minutes left to pick up the kids from madrasah. Oh Gosh! Tomorrow is another crazy Saturday morning with them at home”, groaned mum. Friday 16:40 (after madrasah): “Yesss, it’s weekend again. Tomorrow we can hook up with the gang at the mall. Maybe, we …

 Yes it’s that time of the year again when many are anxiously awaiting their results. Some may have spent many hours putting their shoulders to the wheel burning the midnight oil while others may have been satisfied with a last minute swot hoping that the sections they have covered would …

By Maulana Khalid Dhorat   After spending 13 or 14 cumbersome and grueling years in school, some in private Muslim schools, the Grade 12s finally reach the end of a long journey – a journey that heralds the start of a new academic phase in tertiary education, and another journey …

Ebrahim Moosa Each year the night of October 31 is commemorated by some in the non Muslim world as Halloween. This is an occasion with unmistakeable pagan roots that has also been co-opted by some Christians. In South Africa, in recent years, with many Muslims having relocated into the ‘suburbs’ …

Leonard Sax Over the last thirty years there has been an alarming transfer of power from parent to child. In North American culture, and those areas of the world infected by this culture, the antics and opinions of the famous and infamous, singers and actors, and same-age social peers matter …

Here’s how Israel’s dehumanisation campaign is a tool of oppression — and how to fight back through self-discovery 11 Oct 24  Islam21c The term “dehumanisation” has been used with troubling frequency since October 2023. Our children have been exposed to narratives that refer to us as “human animals”, “children of …

Source: Riyadhul Jannah (UK) Health in Islam is a state of dynamic equilibrium between body, mind and soul (rooh). Imbalance in this equilibrium leads to ill health. The maintenance of this balance is as prescribed in the Qur’an. Allah Ta’ala says: We send down (stage by stage) of the Qur’an …

Muslims are encouraged to engage in social acts and acts of worship together: prayer in congregation is encouraged, going out on the day of “Eid” and giving salam to one’s fellow brothers and sisters is required, smiling at one’s brother or sister in Islam is a highly meritorious act, and …

“It is absolute madness,” the veteran Muslim radio man chided, reflecting on a series of worrying observations made over the weekend. “Sometimes we witness so much wrong in front of us, but we just accept all that goes on, because we have become paralysed”. Ebrahim Gangat, Cii Radio Sabahul Khair …