Books

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...

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 enquiry, critical analysis and argument, and a deep appreciation for both the Islamic tradition and modern science,...

by 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 more so. Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses, published in 1988, opened the floodgates to mocking...

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, we as adults need to be au fait with the subject. We need to know how to...

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, especially grandchildren if there are any, and generally live life at a more leisurely pace. Now in...

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 Greshoff, in the early and mid-1970s. MY uncle, Jan Greshoff, was an architect who worked in Cape...