Observing the most challenging Ramadan in decades, Canadian Muslims have started the longest daylight fasting hours in 33 years, with more than 17 hours of fasting daily throughout the holy month. “There are so many people in the world who break their fast only with water,” Khalil Khalilov, of North[…]
By Yomna El-Saeed “I met a friend of mine accidentally to find her donning hijab. I happily congratulated her for this good step, but she replied, “nay, I’m not wearing it permanently, It’s just for Ramadan” Awkward silence… I have came across situations as such a number of times. It[…]
In California’s capital city of Sacramento this month, stark black billboards loomed over highways and faded commercial strips, offering solace to the troubled: “Looking for the answers in life?” one asked. “Discover Muhammad.” With messages that are part religious invitation to explore the Muslim faith and part public relations, the[…]
The events of June 16th 1976 is something of common knowledge to most South Africans; a peaceful demonstration by students in Soweto taking a bloody turn after police opened fire with live ammunition on the more than 15 000 who joined in on the protest. The incident left an indelible[…]
As South Africa marks Youth Day on Tuesday 16th June, several Muslim organisations will provide a platform for community voices to speak out against xenophobia and racism at a conference at Islamia College. The conference is entitled A Special Forum on Personal Experiences and Reflections on Racism and Xenophobia in[…]
While Friday’s national unified khutbah against the Islamic State group has been hailed as “significant”, one terrorism expert has warned that the Muslim community in South Africa will need to do much more to be able to counter the ISIS propaganda campaign. “Although such initiatives are welcomed, if one looks[…]
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.[…]
Whilst Muslim minorities have done well to integrate themselves amongst the broader majority within a South African context, Muslims face contrasting situations in other western secular countries, according to Dr Hisham Hellyer, a prominent US based commentator on US and Middle East relations. Hellyer was raised between the UK and[…]
Lailatul Mi’raaj will be observed across South Africa and parts of the world on Saturday night with great respect and devotion, as Muslims mark the countdown to Ramadan. Rajab is the month most memorable for the journey of Israa and Mi’raaj in which the gift of salah was handed down[…]
The United States (US) earned significant praise earlier this year after President Barack Obama sought to improve relations with the Caribbean nation of Cuba, making moves to lift a more than 50 year embargo against the Western Hemisphere’s only remaining communist state. Whilst restrictions still remain, there has been a[…]
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