South African Halaal certifying bodies at Global Halaal Summit in Malaysia
SAYED RIDHWAAN The Global Halal Summit 2023, hosted by JAKIM, is currently taking place in Malaysia with the participation of esteemed South African Halal bodies. Among the attendees from...
South African ulama condemn French ban on abayas
SAYED RIDHWAAN The Cape Town Ulama Board has expressed its strong condemnation of the recent ban on wearing abayas, traditional cultural clothing in schools in France. This discriminatory decision, labeled...
Local organisations host international conference on food security
UMR HURTER ACCORDING to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, nearly 30 percent of the global population – that is 2,4 billion people – were moderately...
Imran Khan’s imprisonment the ‘successful’ outcome of American ‘interference’
Professor J S AHMED writes: ‘Imperialism and its domestic enforcers have taken my country to a period of darkness that I have never witnessed’. We are now in a ruthless...
‘age is a cause for celebration’
Literary critic, author and activist, Professor HEIN WILLEMSE, paid tribute at a 94th birthday celebration for poet-activist James Matthews on May 24 at Bertha House in Mowbray, Cape Town. THE...
‘Adnan wanted a life free of injustice’
EBRAHIM MOOSA of the Palestine Information Network writes that the irrepressible spirit of Shaikh Khadar Adnan cannot be vanquished. COMING days before the anniversary of 75 years of Nakba, the...
Ramadaan and the daily humiliation of Palestinians
THE daily humiliation of Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints intensifies in the sacred month of Ramadaan. According to the International Journal of Conflict and Violence, Israeli soldiers are trained to ‘degrade,...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Europe, with billions for war, shows its true heartless face
DAVID HEARST AN area 12 times the size of Belgium was hit by 20 earthquakes in two days. The Turkey-Syria earthquake, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, released an...
As Israel butchers Palestinians, Indian media talk business with Israeli envoy in Delhi
AZAD ESSA ON Wednesday (February 22), as Israeli forces embarked on a murderous rampage in Nablus, in occupied Palestine, in which 11 Palestinians were killed, the Israeli ambassador to Delhi,...
World rugby must not succumb at the altar of apartheid Israel
The South African Rugby Union must stand by its decision to withdraw its invitation to the Israeli rugby team, Tel Aviv Heat, argue JAAMIA GALANT and IQBAL JASSAT. THE decision...
