OPINION by Iqbal Jassat Is the Ministry of International Relations (DIRCO) and by extension the ANC-led government guilty of shunning constitutional obligations which require protecting the rights of a South African citizen detained without charge in Egypt? Neither DIRCO nor the Presidency will concede any guilt. Conversely they will argue as they[…]
This piece was written as a response to the blog, titled “The Hunger Games- Ramadan Edition” written by Zahrah Perry. The blog The Perry Book has since been removed. OPINION by Zahrah Isaacs I was enjoying a nice day out with my siblings and wasn’t paying much attention to my[…]
OPINION by Salmaan Moronell It’s that time of the year again, the blessed month of Ramadan. A very real and physical change descends upon the Muslim community during Ramadan. Mosques will be fuller, women will be covering themselves more appropriately, people will be more generous towards each other, and the[…]
The topic of ISIS has become a primary point of discussion on media panels, radio debates and news bulletins. However, the topic has seeped into the most intimate of spaces such as family gatherings and dinner table discussions. No group is questioning the motives, rise and ideology of ISIS more[…]
For decades, humanity has kept quiet over the evils happening in Palmyra. For while the city is known throughout the world for its ancient ruins, less well known is the similarly decrepit hellhole of a prison in the city – home to tens of thousands of desperate souls left to[…]
OPINION by Hisham Hellyer – As European countries grow more concerned about their Muslim communities, the discourse around radicalisation and extremism becomes more problematic. Only recently, Mak Chishty, a senior British police officer, declared that young Muslim Britons who stop shopping at Marks & Spencer stores could be victims of radicalisation.[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat As much as it may be argued that major global media outlets share a bias in favour of Israel, current trends reveal a gradual shift in this position. Amongst the large corporate media that has a worldwide footprint, it was unthinkable that Israel would ever receive[…]
OPINION by Rachel Shabi – The White Widow is alive. And she’s back. Like Jason Bourne’s evil, female twin, this woman seems to have a formidable capacity for comeback. The last we heard of the Muslim convert super-terrorist and wife of one of Britain’s 7/7 suicide bombers, she had been[…]
OPINION by Dr Aayesha J Soni – The case of the well respected leader, teacher, dedicated humanitarian and South African citizen- Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni, has been in the mainstream media recently. When such a well-known and widely loved public figure such as Bassiouni is arbitrarily held in one[…]
OPINION by Zaachira Suliman – An annual calendar event during the month of May is the commemoration of the Nakba. Nakba day is the day of the “catastrophe”, which refers to the destruction of Palestinian society in 1948 when approximately 750 000 Palestinians were forced into exile by the Zionist[…]
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