Editorial

MUSLIM VIEWS EDITORIAL TEAM This editorial reflects on major developments at Muslim Views, past milestones and the enduring vision of the publication. Our Editor, Farid Sayed, who celebrated fifty years in journalism in 2025, founded Muslim Views almost four decades ago, in September 1986. This image of...

MAHMOOD SANGLAY The Muslim Views newsletter in 2025 functioned as far more than a weekly digest of stories. Read as a complete archive, it forms a moral ledger of a turbulent year: a sustained attempt to read events ethically, to interrogate power without deference, and to insist...

Let our prayers rise with purpose, our sacrifices fuel resistance and our silence never be mistaken for consent. This year’s Hajj unfolds against the backdrop of an unspeakable catastrophe in Gaza, casting a long, dark shadow over what should be a sacred convergence of spiritual renewal and...

Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, 2025, marks the end of an era for one of the most influential religious leaders of the modern age. Revered by millions, particularly the marginalised and downtrodden, his legacy is defined by a fierce commitment to social justice, a vocal opposition...

Muslim Views Editorial Team The brutal murder of Muhsin Hendricks has cast a dark shadow over the South African Muslim community. As we enter the sacred month of Ramadaan, this tragedy compels deep introspection. Islam unequivocally condemns murder. The Quran declares: 'If anyone slays a human being...

The convergence, this year, of Rabi-ul-Awwal and September, calls on us to reflect on the life of the Prophet (SAW) as well as Imam Abdullah Haron’s martyrdom. As we approach the annual Moulood commemorations, we are reminded of the unrelenting commitment of the Prophet (SAW) to human...

THE new finance minister’s budget speech on February 20 comes in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis in the South African economy. Crises like these are typically attributed, inter alia, to economic policies and global market conditions. However, in our case the inescapable truth is that...

ELECTIONS shape the future of any democracy. It is the beginning for every citizen to have his or her say in that future.   Therefore, registering to vote is important. You cannot vote if you have not registered as a voter. This cold fact is founded on...

AN agent in the meat processing industry recently remarked, ‘The listeriosis outbreak is the death of the penny polony.’ Any scandal involving food on this scale invariably has political and economic consequences. Among the concerns is the plummeting share price of the corporation that owns the errant...

THE current discourse around national developments is unprecedented. These developments warrant serious and careful consideration because the present crisis is more than political, social and economic. It is also an intellectual crisis. There is a general failure to engage in discourse with hope and a vision that...