By Mumtaz Saley 16:10:2019 India’s Supreme Court will conclude its final hearing in the land dispute that has caused much tension in Ayodha. Hindus believe that Ayodha, a city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, is considered to be the birthplace of one of their most revered deities. The Babri Mosque has been built on that land since the 16th century by the Mughal emperor. The mosque was one of the largest mosques in the area. In 1992 the...

    By Mumtaz Saley 08/10/2019 A small number of women have found refuge from Chinese authorities across the border in Kazakhstan. However, the stories they tell do not only haunt them but have shaken the world in the last 24 hours. They spoke of forced abortions being carried out in China’s Muslim-majority province of Xinjiang, while others spoke of forced parenting plans being implanted in them against their will.  One of the woman talked of her...

  By Annisa Essack 08:10:2019 Regarded worldwide as a symbol of reconciliation and non-violent resistance; for decades many Indians viewed him as a leading light in the independence struggle against British colonial rule. Although all banknotes bear his image and his bust still adorns many official buildings on the sub-continent, members of the governing party and other Hindu nationalists are intent on contradicting his legacy and in their view,...

  Naseerah Nanabhai 27-09-2019   Radio Islam recently conducted a panel discussion on the topic "Treatment of Domestic Workers and Employees." The two guests were Moulana Mohammed Vanker and Moulana Waseem Laher. Moulana Laher mentioned some examples of ill-treating domestic workers. He explained that there are times when people don’t understand what they are doing wrong. An example is how we serve them food, the manner in which we pay them, how we...

By Naseera Nanabhai 09/09/2019 Commonly, people who make bad food choices believe that they have only themselves to blame. However, the decision-making processes that lead to poor dietary choices are actually multifaceted. The reasoning for dietary decisions include the impacts of culture, tradition, nutritional knowledge and importance of health. But most significant of all is the impact of economic factors. A survey by the World Bank revealed that...