Khutbah collection aims at ‘disruptive engagement’ with the genre
GADIJA AHJUM concludes that the The Women's Khutbah Book is 'an important scholarly book...written in a reader-friendly format and addresses realities and transformations occurring not only globally, but also within...
Lyrical verse for the river of Ramadaan
A Season of Abundance: RAMADAAN INSPIRATIONS. An anthology by Yacoob Manjoo. Published by the author. Cape Town (2023) 75pp. The writing voice will appeal to you because it is engaging...
Fascinating insight into the work of early Cape socialist intellectuals
SALIEM FAKIR reviews Crain Soudien’s book which he describes as ‘a valuable piece of historiography if you ever wanted to understand radical traditions outside of the dominance of the African...
Mushrooming research about the history of Cape Muslims augurs well for the emergence of a critical research tradition
Commenting on the most recent book on the history of Islam at the Cape published locally, PROFESSOR ASLAM FATAAR calls for ‘respectful and constructive conversation on the various versions of...
When writers die, we all lose
THE recent passing of Omaruddin ‘Don’ Mattera, a giant in the African and South African literary worlds, leaves us with a legacy we must celebrate. His death also leaves a...
Book Review: Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm by Shoaib Malik
Book: Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm Author: Shoaib Ahmed Malik Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 9780367364137 Malik’s monograph demonstrates a splendid respect for knowledge and the process of...
Reading Be Careful with Muhammad thirty years later
NABIL YASIEN MOHAMED THIRTY years since its initial publication, Shabbir Akhtar’s second edition (with an extensive additional preface) of Be Careful with Muhammad is as relevant as ever, if not...
‘Come to prayer, come to success’
Muslim Views columnist Jasmine Khan launched her latest book in April, this year. SHANAAZ GOOL-HAMIT gives her views on Khan’s latest offering. IN order to teach our children about salaah,...
A new book by the evergreen Zuleikha Mayat
PROFESSOR SALEEM BADAT reviews Zuleikha Mayat’s latest book, The Odyssey of Crossing Oceans published by the Women’s Cultural Group. MOST people in their mid-90s slow down, spend time with family,...
Book captures memories of D6 through thoughts and images
THE origins of the hardcover book, District Six – Memories, Thoughts and Images, which MARTIN GRESHOFF edited, goes back to a series of photographs, taken by his late uncle, Jan...
