South African Muslim Activism Must Go Beyond Palestine
At a panel discussion on Tuesday hosted by the University of Cape Town Palestine Solidarity Forum, the issues of race, settler colonialism, and Palestine...
Five years on: Rohingya people talk about their past, present and...
August 24, 2022 marks five years since Rohingya fled the latest and largest campaign of targeted violence against them in Myanmar. Rohingya are still stateless and...
Twitter is fuming over a school letter demeaning Muslims
On Wednesday night, a school letter began circulating on social media from Christian school, King’s School in Linbro Park. The letter, which was addressed...
Here’s Why The Saudi Government Is Cracking Down On Activists
On May 15, the Saudi Arabian government arrested a large number of women's right activists, featuring many of the prominent activists who had advocated...
Anti-immigrant laws are on the rise on Europe and the USA
In some Western countries, anti-immigrant and xenophobic sentiments start at the top. The Daily Vox team rounds up a few states with problematic anti-immigrant...
The Rohingya crisis: a humanitarian disaster in Myanmar
Myanmar is home to an estimated 1.1 million Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority. Numerous sources both inside and outside the country have reported horrific...
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,...
“In The Infrastructure And The Law, There Is Apartheid Towards The...
The year 2018 marks 70 years since the declaration of the state of Israel and the horrendous acts it committed to cement its territorial...
How Eating Badly During Ramadan Undoes The Benefits Of Fasting
From the middle of May until the middle of June, Muslims around the world will be abstaining from eating and drinking from sunrise and...
When racism, Islamophobia and #BringBackOurGirls collide
What happens when racism, Islamophobia, and #BringBackOurGirls collide in a single advertisement for charity? More to the point, how does that even happen? RA'EESA PATHER explains.
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#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...
The girl who wasn’t Muslim but fasted all Ramadaan anyway
After years watching her Muslim friends abstain from food and drink during the holy month of Ramadaan, SIOBHAUN HIEBER, an atheist, decided to try...
Goodbye Ambassador Lenk, You Won’t Be Missed
As far as trolls go, Arthur Lenk, Israel's representative to Pretoria, was astutely ambassadorial. Mention Israel on Twitter and Ambassador would pop around to...
Pretoria protest for Rohingya rights gets messy
About 500 people gathered outside the Myanmar Embassy in Pretoria on Friday to protest the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims. But the protest...
Why are we surprised that the #MuslimBan is a thing?
An executive order from US president Donald Trump temporarily banning refugees as well as other travellers to the US, including green card holders, from...
