Free Speech, A Pillar Of Decolonisation
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In 1988 something bizarre happened in the literary world. The novel, a genre in it’s recline into irrelevance, was given a rude awakening. A...
Talking Islamic Social Justice With ‘Lady Imam’ Amina Wadud
In the conversation on the intersection between Islam and gender, there is no name quite as well-known as Professor Amina Wadud. Both lauded and...
Airport Security Protocols Must Respect Bodily Integrity
News that a Muslim woman was made to remove her headscarf by security at the OR Tambo International Airport has raised censure. The hijab...
‘Forcing Muslim Women To Remove Hijab Is Infringement Of Rights’
Removing the hijab worn in the form of a headscarf for a Muslim woman is a right infringment. This is according to the Women’s...
OR Tambo Airport Asks Muslim Women To Remove Hijab At Airport
A group of Muslim women travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town have raised complaints that they were treated unfairly by security due to the...
The Black Muslim Community Celebrates Eid In Durban
Hundreds of people from various Muslim communities joined hands and gathered at the Durban Bay of Plenty in celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. The Daily Vox...
Author Hafsah Faizal: “Representation Is Not A Fad”
New author Hafsah Faizal joins an illustrious list of authors writing representative fantasy books. Think Sabaa Tahir. Tomi Adeyemi. Renee Ahdieh. Her debut novel...
Eid: How South African Muslims Celebrate
After 30 days of fasting from dusk till dawn in Ramadan, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. Muslims celebrate in various ways including dressing...
What We Learned About Social Justice In Ramadan
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Social justice is intrinsically linked to the Islamic faith. The Qur’an (3:104) calls on Muslims to “be a community that calls for what is...
Our 10 Favourite Books By Muslim Women
Representation matters, especially in a world where ‘Muslim woman’ is a highly politicised identity. Muslim women are painted as submissive and oppressed, brown women...
#MosqueMeToo: Nouman Ali Khan Invited As Guest To Cape Town Mosque
Masjidul-Quds (known as Gatesville Mosque) has invited American-based Muslim preacher Nouman Ali Khan as a guest scholar for the holy month of Ramadan. This...
#ChristChurch: To hate or not to hate?
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#ChristChurch. Fifty congregants murdered. Dozens wounded. The martyrs are Muslim worshippers and the murderer is an Australian born, white supremacist terrorist. The notion of...
Afrophobia, Islamophobia & White Supremacy: Join The Dots
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To those who felt that the #ChristChurch attacks represented some white dude's (supremacist) hatred of Islam and Muslims only, think again. White supremacy is...
For Single Brown Girls At Indian Weddings
Weddings are every unmarried brown girls worst nightmare. There is something very annoying to brown aunties about a single, carefree brown girl. There is...
The Weirdest Ideas People Have About Scarf Wearers
A large number of Muslim women around the world wear headscarves as part of a partial fulfillment of the hijab. Observing hijab is about...
Raashida Khan Takes On “No-Go” Areas In The SA Indian Muslim...
South African Indian Muslims are a conservative bunch: there are some topics that are just not spoken about. So you can imagine the furore...
Why Iran Matters to Africa
What do the human rights of minorities in Iran, in the Middle East, have to do with Africans, writes MAZIAR BAHARI.
I started to answer...
How Vegan Muslims Observe Qurbani
On the second Eid of the Islamic calendar called Eid-al-Adha, Muslims around the world offer sheep, goats, cattle, and camels for Qurbani or sacrifice....
Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire Gives A Nuanced View Into The State’s...
The current political climate is such that anti-immigration and Islamophobic right-wing policies are fast gaining traction. From this climate emerges Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire,...
What Zayn Malik Meant To Us As Brown Directioners
It was March 25, 2015 when Zayn Malik left boy band One Direction. He broke Directioners hearts all over the world, but his brown...
