Doha, Qatar – The Taliban and the United States are “close” to finalising a peace agreement in their talks in the Qatari capital aimed at ending the 18-year Afghanistan war, the group’s representative has said.…
By Iqbal Jassat The irony of Narendra Modi’s utterly reckless move on Kashmir is that it has thrust the plight of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir from oblivion to full glare of global media. That…
By Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar On the 5 August 2019, the Indian government unexpectedly revoked the 70-year old special constitutional status that granted semi-autonomy to the region known as Jammu and Kashmir. The government…
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to go ahead with awarding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi its highest civilian award on Saturday is a slap in the face to the people of Kashmir who continue to…
The Muslim Judicial Council (SA) is deeply concerned by the striking similarities in strategy and tactics employed by the Indian Government in Kashmir, to Apartheid Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. This follows a recent decision by…
By Al Qalam Reporter The demand for the annual Leadership Development Programme (LDP) has grown threefold in a space of two-years as about 90 applicants compete for acceptance into the first year training which is…
By Al Qalam Reporter About 32 youth and adults attended the second edition of the Muslim Youth Movement’s “Bringing Hope to Unemployed Youth” programme in Durban during August 2019. Two key advices emanated from the…
Al Qalam Reporter Hundreds of volunteers from the Durban-based Islamic Dawah Movement (IDM) took to the streets across the country explaining Islam and gifting Qurans to thousands of people including books on the life and…
When the Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) sowed the seeds for an equitable Zakah project in 1974, its vision and dream has come true, writes an Al Qalam Reporter In the face of crippling poverty, the…
By Al-Qalam Correspondent AWQAF SA, in collaboration with Al-Falaah College, Albaraka Bank, Printworx, the KZN Education Department and the KW@y Institute-SA embarked on a successful matric Maths intervention programmes during August at the Al-Falaah College in…