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The inquest into the killing of Imam Abdullah Haron opened in the Cape Town High Court today, November 7, 2022. CASSIEM KHAN sketches the process from the killing of the Imam on September 27, 1969 and the inquest held by the apartheid regime in 1970 to the...

While Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron had a direct impact on his students and congregants, it is a measure of the Imam’s conduct of teaching and activism that the lessons learnt from this dynamic personality continue to impact on generations that follow. NONTOBEKO AISHA MKHWANAZI spoke to the...

ASHUR SHAMIS reviews the Al Jazeera Arabic documentary on Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron that was flighted on May 15, 2020. Pain. Prison. Torture. Death. Two deaths, in fact, and two funerals, separated by precisely fifty years, to the day. Graves. No! Two graves in one, for the...

We have a serious challenge in South Africa with hepatitis B virus infection. Approximately six to eight per cent of South Africans are silently chronically infected, writes PROFESSOR MARK SONDERUP. This article was provided by the Cape Town Branch of Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (IMASA)....

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 gap that is almost impossible to fill, writes YUNUS OMAR. MANY fine tributes have been written in...

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...

Older persons have an increased demand for comprehensive health care and other services that are not always available and accessible to them, writes FAHMIDA HARRIS. Fahmida Harris is a physiotherapist, and senior clinical educator at the University of Cape Town. (Photo SUPPLIED) AS people age, they are...

There is an urgent need to remove the many misconceptions regarding epilepsy. People with epilepsy can excel both intellectually and physically, and can enjoy most sporting and recreational activities, writes DR HOOSAIN PARUK. This article was provided by the Cape Town Branch of Islamic Medical Association of...

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...

‘Difference’ plays itself out in ways that produce individual, community, national, continental and global heartbreak, writes DR YUNUS OMAR. AS the world hurtles towards a series of ever-deepening crises, we all have a lot of thinking to do. Depending on many sets of circumstances, the way we...