LIFESTYLE

Enis Doko’s Islam and Modern Cosmology examines how Muslims can engage the Big Bang theory and the multiverse while remaining grounded in the Quran and Islamic thought, offering a faith-based response to modern physics. Review by PROFESSOR AUWAIS RAFUDEEN Enis Doko. Islam and Modern Cosmology. Cambridge University...

Faith, compassion and the courage to seek help Mental health struggles do not signal weak faith. The writer urges Muslim communities to replace stigma, gossip and superstition with compassion, confidentiality, spiritual support and timely professional care for those who are suffering. By DR NISAAR AHMED KOROWLAY Mental...

Christian author and activist Joseph Ruiters says his new book, We Need God: A Prophetic Call to South Africa, challenges the nation to confront inequality, religious hatred and its unfinished journey towards dignity, justice and freedom. By YASEEN BARDIEN For Joseph Ruiters, the starting point for We...

Nabil Yasien Mohamed’s study of Ghazālī traces how doubt, reason, revelation and Sufi experience converge in the search for certainty, challenging the familiar view that the great Muslim thinker simply rejected philosophy for mysticism. REVIEWED BY ABU KAROLIA Nabil Yasien Mohamed, 2024. Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study...

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...

Who Was Counted, Who Was Carried at Cape Town’s Desmond and Leah Tutu House brings contemporary art and archival research together to explore the overlooked histories of sailors, enslaved people and migrants, and asks whose stories endure. By YASEEN BARDIEN AND ANWAR OMAR Dozens of visitors explored...

Megan Choritz’s second novel, The Sound of Ice, imagines a future shaped by water wars, trafficking and collapsing systems. At its Cape Town launch, she discusses activism, speculative fiction, women’s resistance and fragile hope. By ANWAR OMAR On August 4, 2026, more than 100 people packed into...

In Languages of Care, artist Vikisha Ranchod uses stitched prayer mats, date-pit pigments and hand-rolled beads to explore how worship, remembrance and compassion extend through Muslim life, art and solidarity with Palestine. By WIDAD SIRKHOTTE When Zimbabwean student Vikisha Ranchod began studying Visual Art at Stellenbosch University...

Cape Town musicians and poets performed at Rondebosch United Church for ‘Notes from Exile’, a Mandela Day tribute to Palestinian composer Mahmoud Abuwarda. The concert celebrated his music, highlighted Gaza’s cultural resilience and raised funds to help him rebuild his life in Istanbul. By ANWAR OMAR On...

HASSEN LORGAT Bill Shankly’s famous quote is very apt about the final between Spain and Argentina, and people have taken sides—some good, bad and ugly. Shankly’s legendary quote about football goes like this: “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death... I can assure...