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More than 40 years after Ebrahim Carelse was shot by Apartheid police in Salt River, his story endures through memories of his mass janaazah, the violence surrounding it and a grave at Mowbray Muslim Cemetery that can no longer be located. By ANWAR OMAR On July 25,...

By MAHMOOD SANGLAY In a borrowed room crowded with relatives and everything they still owned, Haneen Mahmoud received a text message conveying news of an extraordinary achievement: a 98.3% average in her matric exams. The moment held joy, grief and a family’s hope for Gaza. Haneen turned...

By MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO On September 26, 2026, Al-Mustafa International University – South Africa honoured Imam Abdullah Haron at a symposium on Ubuntu, religion and nation-building, a fitting tribute to a martyr in the struggle for a just and equal society. In African cosmology, a person’s name...

By IMAM DR ABDUL RASHIED OMAR Fifty-seven years after Imam Abdullah Haron was tortured to death in apartheid detention, the truth about his martyrdom is finally on record. Yet the absence of prosecutions leaves South Africa facing a deeper question of justice. This September marked 57 years...

UWC’s honorary doctorates recognise seven trailblazers whose work spans human rights, social justice and global accountability, while honouring figures linked to South Africa’s genocide case before the International Court of Justice. By IQBAL JASSAT The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has always been far more than...

A posthumous UWC doctorate for Charlotte Mannya Maxeke, 125 years after her graduation, becomes part of a wider national effort to restore the pioneering graduate, activist and women’s rights advocate to South Africa’s public memory. By ZUBEIDA JAFFER On Friday, August 28, 2026, the University of the...

Reflections on my mother, the road, and what we are called to build As Women’s Month ends and as we commemorate Rabi-ul-Awwal, the writer reflects on his mother’s 82nd birthday, the 475 km Hijra Cycle Tour, and the deeper lessons of gratitude, mercy, ageing, community and those...

ADNAAN ADAMS asks the question: What are we prepared to build within ourselves and within our communities, and for those who come after us? In a series of articles, he seeks answers by reflecting on faith, discipline, community, knowledge and what it means to build. IN December,...

Ebrahim Abed spent a lifetime in the service of the guests of Allah. Thousands of pilgrims knew his face. Almost none of them knew how much it cost him. By YASEEN KHAN There is a particular kind of man the Hajj produces, and you only meet him...

A conversation around Zaahied Sallie’s illustrated sīrah becomes a deeper reflection on Prophetic literacy: not merely knowing the story, but allowing its moral vision to shape Muslim homes, character, compassion and responsibility. By ADNAAN ADAMS On August 18, I had the honour of being in conversation with...