AL-AMEEN KAFAAR, a seventh generation descendant of Omar of Ambon, tells the story of how his progenitor had been traced, and remembered, 251 years after his banishment, in chains, to the Cape. ‘We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains...

KAAMILAH PAULSE tracks the court journey that led to the Constitutional Court upholding the recognition of Muslim marriages. On June 28, 2022, in a long-awaited and much-anticipated judgment, the constitutional court (CC) in Women’s Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others...

Dr ESHAAM PALMER dealt with the prevalence and seriousness of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the Muslim community, in the first part of this series. In part two, he covers the issue from an Islamic perspective, how to avoid sexual abuse and what to do...

Dr ESHAAM PALMER, in the first of a two-part series, deals with the prevalence and seriousness of the sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the Muslim community. CHILDREN are our future and thus they deserve special protection from adults. Every child is someone’s child; every child...

RADIA Razack is an accomplished professional with a career as environmental lawyer. But she has a story to tell, disturbing in its detail yet astonishingly inspiring in its approaching finale. Our reporter, MAHMOOD SANGLAY, spoke to her. Radia’s story is one of near-closure. It is a sustained,...

The National Shelter Movement of South Africa’s helpline takes its first call – dedicated to those seeking help from domestic and intimate partner violence. On Wednesday December 2, the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) started taking its first calls on its very own 24-hour toll-free...

JASMINE KHAN and NAJMUNESA SOLOMON challenge the wide scope given to the definition of misogyny by Mahmood Sanglay in an article published on this website last week. WHEN we do anything to offend someone, or commit a blatant sin, we first ask the person/s that we injured...

by KAUTHAR ROOMANEY IT is said that women hold up half of the sky but, too often, many of us do not even realise exactly by how much. We have reached a trying time in South Africa. Not only is COVID-19 causing an uproar, our sisters are...

by JASMINE KHAN Whenever there is a case of a woman found brutally raped and murdered, there is an outcry from politicians, religious leaders and women’s organisations. With the recent announcement that in the last few weeks, 21 women and children have died because of gender abuse,...

by DR FARAH VAHED THERE is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every aspect of our lives, from home schooling to moving ­businesses online and juggling family time in-between. Globally, we are fast approaching four million infections. In South Africa, the number of positive cases...