Mufti Ebrahim Desai ‘was balanced’ and ‘his fatawa were characterised by moderation’
Mufti Ebrahim Desai (RA), the prominent grand mufti of South Africa, passed away on Friday, 5th of Dhil-Hijjah, 1442, corresponding to Thursday, July 15, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. THE...
Quo Vadis, South Africa?
EBRAHIM MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO does a comparative analysis of the presidencies of Mandela, Mbeki, Zuma and Ramaphosa, arguing why they could not risk even the slightest possibility of a revolutionary...
Pioneering Winterveldt masjid starts work on a community clinic
The hearts of the Wintervelt community members are filled with joy as they look forward to a clinic that will serve critical healthcare needs. This comes after Amir Kulungile Raheem...
Social Development deputy minister launches food distribution project
THE deputy minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, officially launched the King Salman Aid and Relief Centre’s project under the banner ‘Food assistance to support the people of South Africa’,...
Tribute to Professor Ebrahim Arnold – ahlan wa sahlan to a life well-lived
BOORHAANOL Islam Movement pays tribute to one of Bo-Kaap’s icons who went on to serve the Cape community, and who also made an immense contribution nationally and internationally. PROFESSOR Ebrahim...
No one is safe until everyone is safe
WILLIAM HIRSCH reports on the first-ever People's Vaccine Open Forum. ‘WE would like to see people vaccinated. It is the best defence against serious illness and death. We want to...
So many lives, so many tears
With the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, many have lost family and friends; the community has lost selfless activists working for justice and those who worked towards building social cohesion...
Worcester: a community rises from colonial and slave legacy
ANVER SEDAN, the chairperson of the Worcester Muslim Jamaa and leader of the gadat, gajaat and dhikrs in the community, writes about the two-hundred year history of a community that...
School honours teacher who led from the front
ALEXANDER Sinton High School has honoured one of its teachers who were at the forefront of the student-teacher uprisings against apartheid in the eighties. FARID SAYED attended the event. On...
Sexually abused by a darul uloom teacher
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....
