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‘My heart is at ease’: Muslim families reclaim what apartheid stole

Sixty-five years after apartheid’s forced removals tore a community apart, a Cape Town family has found peace in knowing that the home they were...

From insult to invitation: How a Johannesburg mosque answered Islamophobia with an open door

An Islamophobic video mocking Islam could have deepened religious tensions in a Johannesburg community. Instead, Northcliff Masjid and Madressa chose an unexpected response: it...

When the textbook becomes political: Texas, Islam and who gets to tell the story

A classroom can be a political space without ever displaying a political slogan. Sometimes politics is found in the textbook, in what it teaches...

Saudi hajj minister visits SA to improve ties but pilgrims on the continent still ‘draw the short straw’

For South Africans, travelling to Saudi Arabia can be more than a journey between two countries. For Umrah and Hajj pilgrims, it is a...

The price of dependence: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the limits of American power

By Abiola Aremu Ogunlade Saudi Arabia is learning a lesson that money and American weapons could never erase: you cannot buy your way out of...

Sacred and not for sale: Historic De Waterkant mosque stands firm amid gentrification

Tourist guides describe De Waterkant as a picturesque neighbourhood of Georgian and Cape Dutch cottages on the edge of Cape Town’s city bowl. But behind...

Between deen and expectations: Why young Muslims struggle to marry

“And among His signs is that He created for you spouses from among yourselves so that you may find tranquility in them, and He...

Can the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement unintentionally pave the way for a ‘Muslim NATO’?

One Nation Media editor Dilly Hussain reflects on the significance of the new trilateral defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, asking whether...

The silent jihad of pregnancy

There are moments in pregnancy when the world falls silent, writes Neelam Rahim. Long after everyone else has fallen asleep, a mother lies awake with...

A Quran carried in chains: The life of Omar Ibn Said

When the transatlantic slave trade is remembered, the focus often falls on the physical suffering of the millions of Africans who were captured, transported...

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