Gaza: Remember these words by Ebrahim Moosa

26 May 2021 • News, Opinions • No Comments

How we act now (in a so-called period of ceasefire) is a barometer of our true commitment to humanity and justice in Palestine. Repost of a relevant article first published in 2018. Ebrahim Moosa – Opinion | 26 October 2018 As I knuckle down for this piece, Gaza, ominously, seems[…]

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Joe Biden ‘no saviour’ of the Palestinians

9 November 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

In October 1973, newly elected Delaware Senator Joe Biden visited Israel on his first official overseas trip and met Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The 30-year-old was visibly moved as Meir explained what she said was Israel’s militarily dangerous situation surrounded by “enemy states”, but he cheered up when the[…]

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Macron’s ‘crusade’ against Islam reveals a dangerous double standard

9 November 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

Alittle magazine on the fringes of the French media mainstream continues to polarise public debate not just in France, but across the Muslim world. Their pitiable cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have provided fodder to populists on both sides of the divide – first and foremost, French President Emmanuel Macron[…]

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We have lived to see Arabs enter Al-Aqsa under Israeli protection

20 October 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

By Abdullah al Majali We have lived to see Arabs enter Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection. It is shameful. Is there any real difference between an Arab delegation visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection and hordes of extremist Israeli settlers whose incursions and practice of Talmudic rituals there take place[…]

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Dr Sulayman Nordien: A jewel among pebbles

16 September 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

This is an obituary for Islamic calligrapher Dr Sulayman Nordien, who passed away on the 5 September 2020. My first personal encounter with Dr Nordien was in my early twenties when my father set up a meeting with him to introduce me to Arabic calligraphy. We met at Masjid ul[…]

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Conflating issues and sacrificial lambs: Reflecting on a week of social media gyrations

23 August 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

Our community is beset with a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart of our communal will. This crisis is evident in the erosion of what could be termed as eradication of the social fabric of our society specifically, and the loss of a[…]

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Moving beyond Maulana Dawood

21 August 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

I think it is time to take the Moulana Dawood Sampson debate to a different level. We have all had our outrage, our evaluations of the impact of his words, and the extent of rebuke by his peers among the clergy. The strategic question, now with just a few days[…]

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Don’t allow prayer at Masjid al-Aqsa to become a pawn for normalisers

15 August 2020 • News, Opinions • No Comments

In announcing the purported “historic” normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates – which a host of Palestinian voices have slated as treacherous, US President Donald Trump and his cohorts were keen to sweeten the proposition by suggesting that the deal would afford free access to Masjid al-Aqsa[…]

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How Israel’s lobbyists occupied Mandela’s legacy

18 July 2020 • News, Opinions • No Comments

“Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” is a question I have often heard from Israel’s defenders. What they are really asking is: Where is the Palestinian equivalent of Nelson Mandela – a man who, they believe, offered only olive branches and dialogue? Where is the Palestinian version of Mandela, who –[…]

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The Lantern of Cape Town: Tribute to Shaykh Seraj Hendricks

17 July 2020 • Opinions • No Comments

By Ahmad Deeb I have learned from Shaykh Seraj Hendricks by his mere presence more than I could ever articulate. Out of all the teachers I have sat with, he was the one that I knew I could go to when I was sad and confused, and I didn’t have[…]

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