In the midst of simmering global tensions in this year’s 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York staged many of the adversaries including Donald Trump, Hassan Rouhani, Narendra Modi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
It was with profound sadness that I learnt of the passing away of journalist Farook Khan. His journalism was as nuanced, insightful and well-informed as it could possibly be. He leaves behind a rich legacy…
Fifty years ago on 27th September 1969, Imam Abdullah Haron was brutally and savagely murdered by the then security agents of the Nationalist Government. In every situation to which the suffrages of his fellow-people called…
So the government says they are going to ensure there are more rape kits in their police stations? This is only one link in a long broken chain. Ironically, statistics show that the majority of…
Fake news is a dire threat to honest discourse. It is extraordinarily dangerous in today’s turbulent political atmosphere. With growing evidence of interference in democratic processes around the world, the debate over how to expose…
South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) and the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (IMASA) condemns the criminal behavior masked as xenophobic and anti-immigrant attacks. We recognize the consequences of past and current forms of racism,…
It is heartbreaking to watch as our country being torn apart by mindless violence. Migration has been a fundamental part of South African history. At this critical juncture we are not ‘a South Africa that…
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to go ahead with awarding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi its highest civilian award on Saturday is a slap in the face to the people of Kashmir who continue to…
The Muslim Judicial Council (SA) is deeply concerned by the striking similarities in strategy and tactics employed by the Indian Government in Kashmir, to Apartheid Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. This follows a recent decision by…
The Media Review Network (MRN) expresses its grave concern at the continued incarceration of Shaykh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Together with his wife they have been languishing in…