It is important to note that the aristocratic layer of the Movement for Justice never really gave two hoots about Imran Khan’s trenchant criticism of the ‘War on Terror’ or his advocacy of a welfare state. By JUNAID AHMAD As Americans coronate a new American president, the...

https://youtu.be/4O7g9DCuWcM?si=zVxrffMfGpBaru1r On August 13, 2024, newborn twins were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza while their father, Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan, was at a local government office to register their birth. Asser, a boy, and Ayssel, a girl, were just four days old when their home in...

Trumpism can help to take off the veneer of liberalism and expose the sheer barbarism of the current US political and socio-economic system. By MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO AFTER a tough contest with Kamala Harris, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, Donald Trump, campaigning on the Republican...

Shaikh Yusuf’s ethics are founded on a vision of solidarity that transcends individualism, that would urge us to confront poverty as a collective challenge. By PROFESSOR ASLAM FATAAR IN an era marked by increasing planetary injustice, Shaikh Yusuf al-Maqassari’s transoceanic legacy provides a framework for addressing contemporary...

‘This is the period of dark light – a time of disclosure, unveiling and transparency so that we can see evidently where nations, leaders, institutions, people and agendas stand in this time. This is a time of moral clarity – and we will each be remembered in...

Beyond economic factors, the level of support from Western political leaders to Israel hints at something more personal and coercive – something that attacks their very morality. By DR QURAYSHA ISMAIL SOOLIMAN As we near October 7th, marking a year of the genocide in Gaza being broadcast...

‘His loss is a blow to Lebanon, but he has taught two generations how to succeed him. He is drinking now from the fountain of Kawthar.’ – Vijay Prashad By IQBAL JASSAT ‘He led the Resistance which will not bend but grow as his memory and example...

A poem by Hassen Lorgat   The young ones, sitting on sidewalk Started to play quote a revolutionary Call and response of a special type Malcolm X Brother Malcolm once said Do nothing unto anyone / that you would not like/ to have done unto yourself/ Seek...

By cutting posts, the government is essentially abandoning its commitment to uplift historically disadvantaged communities and is perpetuating a cycle of poverty and underachievement. DR NAZLI DOMINGO-SALIE Education in South Africa has long been a battleground for equity, deeply scarred by Apartheid’s policies and challenged by efforts...

ASHRAF PATEL argues that if a new Islamic renaissance is to be realised there is a need for ijtihad and social justice when organising Quranic events. This is in light of the visit to South Africa by the Imam and Khateeb of the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah,...