Islam as a religion and as a group of cultures has had a major influence in Africa since its introduction to the region. More than 60% of Africans are Muslims and numerous Muslim cultures and arts flourished in North, West, and East Africa. In the Southern tip of Africa, the[…]
The incidence of new HIV infections among young females in South Africa is more than four times higher than that of males. South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world with over 400 000 new HIV infections a year. With February earmarked as Reproductive Health Awareness Month, these[…]
A Christian college in Chicago has begun the process of sacking a professor who wore a hijab to class in solidarity with Muslims and posted on Facebook that there are many similarities between Islam and Christianity. Larycia Hawkins, 43, an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, said she[…]
British Muslims have been boycotting a key government anti-radicalisation progamme, according to a report in the Times of London newspaper. Citing figures from the National Police Chiefs Council, the report published on Saturday said less than 10 percent of tip-offs on the Prevent scheme had come from Muslims – that[…]
While the anti-Jacob Zuma rhetoric grows in South Africa, many Muslims who ideologically support the ANC and the struggle for freedom have to confront tough questions about how they view the party and its imcumbent president. In the midst of the mass Zuma Must Fall campaign, the ANC leader finds[…]
A group of 40 Capetonians have embarked on a unique tour of Indonesia with the aim of retracing the historical lineage of the local Cape Malay community. The group, who will be traveling under the banner of “Moulood 1437: In the Land of our Roots”, are also due to attend[…]
Two senior U.N. officials said Monday they are “sickened by blatant manifestations of hatred and intolerance” by public figures and others, particularly against Muslims, in response to recent extremist attacks. Adama Dieng, the special adviser on the prevention of genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, the special adviser on the responsibility to[…]
Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump Trump” and “refugees welcome,” the protesters castigated Trump’s comments. “We are not asking for[…]
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s latest pledge that he would “ban all Muslims” from entering the United States is being roundly criticized in the US, even by prominent members of his own party. Former vice president Dick Cheney called Trump’s statement “against everything we believe in,” and presidential candidate[…]
Internet activists, rights campaigners and politicians are calling for the British government to ban Donald Trump from the UK on the grounds of hate speech, after the Republican presidential hopeful called for all Muslims to be banned from entering the United States. In a speech on Monday, Trump told a[…]
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