The Iranian Football Federation (IFF) has said it would stand up to the “illegal” decision by the Asian Football Confederation to ban the country from hosting any international matches on Iranian soil. The AFC ban…
The attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University shows that the ideological civil war in India has taken a new violent turn writes academic Priyamvada Gopal. On a cold January evening, a gang of masked intruders armed…
The assassination of Iran’s top general Qasem Soleimani in Iraq has a huge cost for America, writes activist and political analyst Iqbal Jassat. Despite conflicting official statements by the Trump administration about the reason behind…
By Al Qalam Reporter The Review Network (MRN) has heaped praise on SA’s armed forces for “respecting the religious freedoms of all South Africans” after it dropped charges against a Muslim woman for wearing hijab…
By Imraan Buccus India won its independence in 1947. Ghana won its independence in 1957. Algeria followed in 1962. Freedom came later to the settler colonies in Southern Africa. Mozambique won its end to colonial…
As a founder of a flying school in Durban, Fatima Khan is opening doors for aspirant young pilots, especially from disadvantaged communities, writes Sana Ebrahim. While growing up, Fatima Khan of Durban was always afraid…
Murhoom Yousef Deedat – son of Shaykh Ahmed Deedat – who was cowardly gunned down outside the Verulam Magistrates’ Court last week was actually on his way to file a protection order against an individual…
Many may have forgotten that January 13, 2020 marked 71 years of the deadly Cato Manor riots, a planned anti-Indian pogrom that took place between 13-15 January 1949, primarily by Zulus targeting Indians in Durban.…
The same way as SA Muslims oppose ISIS ideology, we should guard against any other ideology preaching hatred, writes an Al-Qalam Reporter. A Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in India recently has triggered toxic social…
Pupils of As-Salaam Private School – situated deep in the rural region of Braemer in the Kwa-Zulu Natal South Coast – couldn’t stop smiling when they learnt that all had passed with good grades. The…