By Avinesh Naidoo Liverpool hero Mohamed Salah inspired renowned Chatsworth portrait artist Collin Sabapathy to immortalize him in an oil painting ahead of the Champions League final in Kiev. Sabapathy’s work is in collections in…
By Al Qalam correspondent Named after a mountain pass in northern Italy, the Italian flair of the new Alfa Stelvio is a breath of fresh air. It’s a distinguishable, dramatic attention grabber. And it comes…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants public schools to promote Islamic values alongside Turkish nationalism, writes Fariba Nawa and Ozge Sebzeci. For the 100th week running, parents stand with protest signs in front of Ismail Tarman,…
By Imraan Buccus South Africa, in the post apartheid context, has always enjoyed the privilege of being a country where religious plurality is embraced; and where religious difference added to the peaceful and complex multi-dimensionality…
By Kabelo Kemp The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s essay writing competition will now see the top three winners receive cash prizes over and above laptops. The top writer will receive R5000, followed by R3000 and R2000,…
In planning for the 14th annual Leadership Development Programme (LDP), the Human Resource Development Programme (HRDP) announced a number of changes to its application and registration process. The committee has launched an on-line application process…
By Farhana Ismail Social media posts detailing hostility towards female musallees and humiliating treatment of them, at a masjid in Ormonde in the South of Johannesburg, has gone viral. In the latest footage and with…
By Thandile Kona Prominent community leaders from various organisations across South Africa met at Masjidul Quds in Gatesville, Cape Town, recently to embrace the Cape Accord – a set of documents meant to encourage a…
Residents of Bo Kaap feel they are being pushed out – and blame the DA-led City Council who are pandering to aggressive white developers, writes Shafiq Morton. In the late 1790s, Imam ‘Abdullah ibn Qadi…
By Imam Dr Rashied Omar There are moments in our lives when we pause to celebrate and give thanks for the many blessings in our lives. Eid-al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the fasting…