Empowering Protection for Our Children

A report by the local newspaper recently showing that a high percentage of child sexual abusers are close family members such as fathers and stepfathers is heart-wrenching. It is even more heart-breaking when the report stated that most adults do not believe their children when they say that they have been sexually abused. Ironically, 98 per cent of the reported child abuse cases are true. Children are no doubt …

Defining Our Own Ageing Nation

In several Quranic verses, Allah the Almighty commands human beings to respect appreciate and honour their parents by doing good. The following verse beautifully describes the way parents should be treated, “And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him and that you be kind to parents, whether one or both of them attain old age in their life, say not to them a word of contempt (uff), nor repel them, but address …