OPINION by Iqbal Jassat – So the bombing of ISIS has started. This is the “breaking” news hours after Paris came under attack. But is it really “new” news, worthy of being flashed across most TV channels as “breaking”? Or is it “new” news based on the expectation that France[…]
Local Muslim academic, Professor Farid Esack, said he was “sickened” by the expectation that he has to condemn those involved in the attacks in Paris. “I am not praying for Paris; I am not condemning anyone. Why the hell should I? I had nothing to do with it,” Esack, who[…]
As the world continues to reel from Friday night’s brutal assault on Paris, it seems Parisians are slowly starting to pick up the pieces. But for many, there remains a sense of heightened fear and anxiety with the French capital now on high alert. The bloodbath on Friday evening dominated[…]
The outpouring of condemnation towards Friday evening’s assault on Paris bears testament to the fact that the world places more focus on the loss of “white European lives” above those in third world countries. So says Afro-Middle East Centre director Na’eem Jeenah, as the world reels after a callous and[…]
French and Belgian police have carried out more than 150 raids in both countries and arrested at least nine people in connection with the deadly Paris attacks . Monday’s early-morning raids by French police took place in Toulouse, Paris, Jeumont and Grenoble, among other locations where officers blocked streets and[…]
France has entered its second day of mourning following coordinated attacks claimed by ISIL killed at least 129 people. Mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Sunday at the locations of the attacks across Paris, standing in silence as police investigators elsewhere in the country launched a search for the[…]
Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies (G20) have begun arriving in Antalya, a heavily guarded Turkish resort on the Aegean Sea coast, for a two-day summit, where the fight against violence is likely to eclipse economics. The meeting is taking place in the shadow of the Paris assaults claimed[…]
Some passengers who were scheduled to take an Air France flight from Johannesburg to Paris on Saturday evening had cancelled their bookings. An Air France official said she could not disclose exactly how many passengers had decided to delay their travel to France after the country was shaken by a[…]
President Jacob Zuma has sent a message of condolences to French President Francois Hollande after more than 120 people were killed in attacks around the country on Friday night. “The South African president has already made contact to send a message of condolences to President Hollande, the government, and the[…]
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent militants strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital. The attacks, described by France’s president as an act of war, were designed to[…]
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