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Pan-Islam is Islam

Dilly Hussain -
One Nation Media editor Dilly Hussain makes the case that Pan-Islam is not a modern political aberration, but the normative Islamic worldview rooted in...
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Sheikh Abu Bakr Effendi: The Ottoman scholar who shaped Cape Islam

Neelam Rahim -
Neelam Rahim reflects on the remarkable legacy of Sheikh Abu Bakr Effendi, the 19th-century Ottoman alim who arrived in Cape Town in 1863 and...
Civilisation

‘The Scream’ of modern man: Nihilism, the death of meaning and Islam’s remedy

ONM Reporter -
Salim Badat reflects on the spiritual crisis of modern civilisation, arguing that the rise of secularism and nihilism has left humanity struggling to answer...
Civilisation

The Sahabah buried in Africa and the continent’s place in early Islamic history

Neelam Rahim -
Long before Islam spread across much of Africa, the continent had already secured a place at the heart of the Muslim Ummah, writes Neelam...
Civilisation

The Sultanate of Bagirmi: Islam, power and survival in Central Africa

Neelam Rahim -
South-east of Lake Chad, along the fertile plains of the Chari River basin, the Sultanate of Bagirmi emerged as an important Muslim state in...
Civilisation

Wadai: The Islamic Sultanate that ruled the Sahel for centuries

Neelam Rahim -
By Neelam Rahim From the deserts of eastern Chad, the Wadai Sultanate built one of Central Africa’s most enduring Muslim states — a kingdom of...
Civilisation

Ashura: An enduring call to justice and resistance against tyranny

Neelam Rahim -
Each year, with the sighting of the crescent moon of Muharram, Muslims across the world enter one of the most sacred months of the...
Civilisation

The myth of ‘Muslim piracy’

Neelam Rahim -
For centuries, Western historical narratives have portrayed the Mediterranean as a battleground between “civilised Europe” and “Muslim pirates.” But this caricature could not be...
Civilisation

The Songhai Empire and the golden age of Islamic West Africa

Neelam Rahim -
Along the sweeping bend of the Niger River, the Songhai Empire rose to become one of the greatest powers in African and Islamic history,...
Civilisation

Al-Murabitun: The desert reformers who saved Muslim Spain

Dilly Hussain -
The story of the Al-Murabitun, known in English as the Almoravids, is one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of the western...
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