Celebrating the Indonesia, SA link
By Imraan Buccus Indonesia and South Africa will celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations in 2019. They are strategic political and economic partners in the evolving geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Rim and more broadly…
SA charity organizing group to join Palestine Marathon, visit Masjid al-Aqsa
By Al Qalam Reporter South African charity Penny Appeal is organizing a group to travel to Palestine in March next year to participate in the famous Bethlehem Marathon to express solidarity with the Palestinian people…
What’s better to use when travelling out of the country: bank card or cash?
Al Qalam Correspondent The pace of technological advancement in the financial sector has changed peoples’ lives, generally for the better, but may also be regarded as something of a Sword of Damocles when it comes…
Diners Club launch first Shari’ah banking compliant charge card.
Diners Club has announced that it is now offering its South African customers a personal global charge card that complies with the Shari’ah principles. In what will be a world first for Diners Club charge…
Passing of Shaykh Yusuf Da Costa: He spent life uplifting ‘poorest of the poor’
The Claremont Main Road Masjid (CMRM) extends its deepest condolences on the passing of one of Cape Town’s foremost spiritual leaders and Muslim intellectuals, Shaykh Yusuf Da Costa. Shaykh Yusuf passed away at his home…
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Ahed Tamimi – ‘child of the occupation’ bleeds her heart in Vogue Magazine
In a powerful heartfelt article for Vogue Arabia, young Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi tells the story of her arrest and eight months…
BMW X3 has an air of confidence
By Al Qalam Reporter Around the world there is great…
Sanzaf makes distribution count
Mahmood Sanglay Shauket Fakie concludes his three-year term of office…
SANZAF stalwart Shaheeda Cassim passes on
By Al Qalam Reporter Sister Shaheeda Cassim, one of the…
Leading Stories
Hamas – ANC sign pact to pressure Israel
With the memorandum of understanding (MoU) done and dusted, it’s time for the Government to “walk the talk”, writes an Al Qalam…
Durban to host convention to address societal challenges facing Ummah
Ulama, social experts and leading political figures will be at…
Does ISIS pose a real threat in SA?
That is the burning question a panel of experts will…
‘Police framed me’ – says ISIS accused
The bail application against 11 ISIS terror suspects have been…
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‘Cosatu welcomes court ruling that its stand on Palestine not anti-Semitic, not hate speech’
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeals that upheld our appeal against the Equality court’s ruling that found COSATU guilty of anti-Semitism and hate speech. The Israeli lobby (SA Jewish Board of Deputies) took both…
Sheikh Da Costa: ‘An intellectual and spiritual light who contributed immensely to evolution of MYM’
The Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa has received with sadness the passing of Sheikh Yusuf Da Costa. We send our deepest condolences to his family, loved ones and the Naqshbandi Muhammadi Tariqa during this time of test. Sheikh Da Costa was a leading intellectual…