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Seekershub scholars in Cape Town

As we countdown the days to Ramadan, the month of Shabaan and the build-up to Ramadan is the perfect time for renewal. International scholars Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Faid Mohammad Said from SeekersHub are in South Africa this week on a public lecture tour, to provide some gems of[…]

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Stellies students outraged by lack of redress

Following mounting pressure from across the country, Stellenbosch University students say they are outraged at the lack of urgency by university authorities in dealing with the recent call by so-called white racist-Nazi propagandists. In Nazi imitation posters, widely shared on social media, individuals whose identities remain unknown promoted a group[…]

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Nursing: A lifelong calling

By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed In the fictional world, every super hero has a cape to symbolise their bravery and commitment to helping others. However, in reality we find doctors are celebrated, but are nurses hardly recognised, despite the lengthy hours they dedicate in the service of mankind. May 12th[…]

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BDS: FIFA complicit in human rights abuses by Israel

While the hunger strike of some 1500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention centres continues, another fight for Palestine is taking place in the sports arena. Following years of contestation against Israel’s continued acceptance into the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), activists in recent weeks have rallied around the[…]

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How Israels media propaganda dominates America

By Yaseen Kippie “Whether Marwan Barghouti sneaking snacks in during his hunger strike is trivial to such a degree that the fact that it’s on American newspapers tells you something about the power of Israeli public relations to control the narrative,” – Robert Jensen It is easily noticed that the[…]

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SA politicians to join solidarity hunger strike

Anti-apartheid struggle veteran Laloo Chiba has appealed to all South Africans to participate in a 24-hour hunger strike on May 15 in support of Palestinian political prisoners. This comes as some 1500 Palestinian prisoners are on day twenty-four of their hunger strike demanding basic rights in Israeli jails. 86 year old Chiba,[…]

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Locals stage picket for Palestinian prisoners

By Yaseen Kippie “To go on hunger strike is a jihad, because you are sacrificing your own self.” These were the words of ardent Palestinian rights supporter Shaykh Ebrahim Gabriels, at a picket organised by the Al-Quds Foundation in support of the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in[…]

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CPF engages police over search complaints

Members of the Elsies River Community Police Forum (CPF) had to quell tensions amongst residents in the area on Tuesday, amid accusations that police are not doing enough in the searching for Courtney Pieters. The three year old girl disappeared outside her home last Thursday while playing with friends. This[…]

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