By Al Qalam Reporter Qari Hafiz Muhammed Sheik, a former Estcourt Mosque and Madressa Trust Student won the South African National Qura’an Memorization and Recital Competition held at the state of the art Turkish Nizamye…
Academic Kecia Ali recently delivered a lecture dedicated to the memory of MYM activist, Shamima Shaikh. This is the first instalment in a two part series. The second will follow in the next national issue…
By Ismail Suder For almost quarter of his young life, Shahensha Maharaj (26) of Umzinto grew up on a diet of prison food, thanks to his endless brushes with the law. From the age of…
True, I have traversed the globe on many exciting trips, but few can compare with the awe-inspiring and unhurried romantic journeys undertaken by Durban author and community icon Zuleikha Mayat who so beautifully captures her…
Community trailblazer, Zuleikha Mayat, launched her travel book in which she vividly describes her journeys through many exotic lands at a time when overseas travel was difficult. Ismail Suder attended the event. When South African…
Below is an edited extract of a lecture hosted by Al Qalam. The lecture was delivered on Thursday 26th March 2015 by Ebrahim Rasool, former Western Cape Premier and SA Ambassador to the US The last…
The Muslim Youth Movement Gender Desk commemorated and celebrated the life of the late Shamima Shaikh, one of South Africa’s most prominent Muslim gender rights’ activists. The Inaugural Shamima Shaikh Commemorative Lecture was held at…
Jess Mouneimne writes about moving from being a Zionist Jew to being a Muslim I am a pro-Palestinian, South African Muslim Woman. But I wasn’t always. Just seven years ago I was a Star of…
The pathetic and disastrous condition of the Muslim Ummah throughout the world is due to its abandoning of the Holy Quran. The constant attitude of indifference, along with our hypocritical lip-service, is tantamount to ridiculing…
The West Street Mosque in Durban central was built in 1895 to primarily serve the ethnic Surti settlers from India. Today, it is a vibrant place of prayer and gathering for Africa’s refugee and immigrant…