Muslims are leading much-needed acts of charity in KZN
By Imraan Buccus This past week over 2.1 billion Muslims across the globe celebrated Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of the month-long fasting period of Ramadan. A third of that number are from the…
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Brazen double standards in response to Ukraine war
By: Imraan Buccus Some deaths cannot matter more than others and neither can some conflicts be treated as more horrendous than the rest. But that is what the West seems to be saying. Last week the…
Collective Punishment Must Be Called Out: In Palestine And In India
By Iqbal Jassat Finally, with a devastating war on its doorstep, Europe called out Russia for committing crimes of “collective punishment” – a term it studiously avoids using against Israel. For Europe, America and the…
‘A true Muslim is required to act in the world to alleviate human suffering…’ 
This is a summary of a Jumu’ah Khutbah given by Professor Aslam Fataar of Stellenbosch University at Strandfontein Masjid recently. The topic was Adab-al-Ihsan or beautiful conduct. The waqt of jumu’ah emphasises the need for…
State failure leads people to look elsewhere
By Imraan Buccus From the peak of the Covid 19 crisis in 2020 to the July riots a year later and the floods last week; KwaZulu-Natal has been hit hard. With over 400 people dead…
‘Justice requires prosecution of SA mercenaries in Israeli ‘terrorist’ army’
A probe has begun on a number of South Africans enlisting in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), but will the Hawks be able to halt the ‘ZionistTerrorism Corridor’?, asks Iqbal Jassat With global spotlight on…
‘Turkey’s about-turn to embrace Israel a big disappointment for Muslim Ummah’
President Tayyip Erdogan’s recent roll-out of the red carpet to the leader of the ‘extremely racist government of the settler colonial regime’, is worse than mere betrayal, writes Iqbal Jassat. After a Jumuh’ah prayer sometime…
Abu Asvat, Azapo and Human Rights Day
By Imraan Buccus Earlier this year, the Azanian People’s organisation (Azapo), in conjunction with the Abu Asvat Institute for Nation Building, commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the death of Abu Baker Asvat, a medical doctor…
Oppose all wars, no to uneven solidarities
By Imraan Buccus Almost 20 Years ago Durban hosted a huge march against the looming invasion of Iraq by the US-led coalition. Many activists from Durban, and others from elsewhere in the country travelled to…
Israeli Apartheid Week: ‘Russia gets slapped with sanctions, but why not Israel?
Al Qalam Reporter Israeli Apartheid Week 2022 is currently being observed in South Africa and an extensive programme to highlight the injustices faced by Palestinians under the brutal Zionist Occupation is being held across the…