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Book Review: Understanding Sharia
Understanding Sharia Islamic Law in a Globalised World Raficq S. Abdullah and Mohamed M. Keshavjee Book Review by Zubeida Jaffer Post 9/11, Sharia or Islamic law has peppered global discourses like never before in modern times. Negative statements about Sharia...
In the search for Khidr of the Heart:
By Mphutlane wa Bofelo* Respected elders, beloved brothers and sisters in Islam. Al-salamu `alaykum, We thank Allah (swt) for the opportunity to gather on Eid-ul-fitr to collectively celebrate and reflect on the lessons we draw from Ramadan and...
Charlotte Mannya Maxeke – By Advocate Modidima Mannya
Anyone who has had the opportunity to read Zubeida Jaffer’s book, Beauty of the Heart, the Life and Times of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke and Dr. Thozama April’s Doctoral thesis titled: Theorising Women: The Intellectual Contributions of Charlotte Maxeke to the Struggle...
Will the US start a war against Iran?
By Vijay Prashad On Sunday, May 5, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton announced that the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force had begun to make their way from the Mediterranean Sea toward the coastline of Iran. Iran, Bolton said,...
The living role of those who died for us to be free
By Professor Aslam Fataar And say not of those who are slain in the path of God’s cause. “They are dead”. Nay, they are alive though you perceive it not. (Q2: 154) This Quranic verse provides one very important way to productively work with the personal, social and...
We did it and can do it
We South Africans fought back fiercely and successfully against the cruelty of colonialism and apartheid. On Freedom Day, I celebrate that collective spirit of tireless effort that defeated those who were so cruel. We did it.! Twenty-five years on, I remain...
