One of the most serious challenges is to integrate the Syrian population who had escaped from the war; over seven million were internally displaced and around five million went into exile. By SULEMAN DANGOR THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led Syrian...

The protest by students in the US in support of Palestine have taken the US Congress by surprise writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. THE current protests by students across universities in the United States in support of Palestinians and/or against the genocide of Palestinians by Israel in Gaza have...

Western media in general exhibits clear bias in its coverage of Gaza while many media outlets have come to realise that they have been misled by Israeli propaganda writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. EXPERTS, activists and even journalists have been arguing that Western media in general exhibits...

Islam demands that we adorn ourselves with the Divine attributes and manifest qualities of mercy, affection and kindness in our interaction with people, writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. THE Muslim community is witness to abusive language in the social, print and electronic media on virtually a daily...

The hijab has become an international issue, with a number of countries either banning it completely or only in specific cases, writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. WE have recently been exposed to images of Iranian women protesting in the streets against being compelled by the state to...

One of al-Qaradawi’s significant contributions was promoting the concept of wasatiyyah, which when interpreted means following a middle path, writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. SHAIKH Yusuf al-Qaradawi who was born in Sift Turab, in Egypt, in 1926, is described as a scholar, jurist and author. He held...

Despite serious charges or allegations against them, a number of politicians continue to hold office or stand for elections, writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. ALMOST on a daily basis, we hear of corruption in politics. Corruption by politicians has cost the country trillions of rand, which is...

EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR reports on some of the issues raised at the second SABMC held recently. The second South African Black Muslim Conference was held from June 17 to 19, 2022, at the Palm Continental Hotel, in Crown Mines, Johannesburg. Delegates from most regions of the...

It is a sad indictment on Muslim leaders to permit such a situation to arise and, worse still, to ‘condone’ the situation, writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. ‘THE forgotten people’ is a famous 1942 speech and campaign slogan by Robert Menzies, an Australian politician who later became...

In October 2017, MBS declared his aim to transform Saudi Arabia into a country of moderate Islam, writes EMERITUS PROFESSOR SULEMAN DANGOR. MUHAMMAD bin Salman (MBS), after graduating from college with a law degree, spent several years in the private sector working as a consultant for the...