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South Africa’s anti-migrant xenophobic movement takes an explicit Islamophobic turn

By Mxolisi Ncube South Africa’s anti-migrant vigilante campaigns are increasingly fusing xenophobia with explicit Islamophobia, casting Muslims and organisations that assist migrants as part of...

Africa emerges as a new frontline in the Turkey-Israel rivalry

The recent geopolitical friction between Israel and Turkey has transformed a decades-long partnership into an intense, zero-sum regional rivalry, writes Najm Al-Din. In March 1949,...

BRICS expansion gives Muslim-majority states a bigger seat, but not a united voice

The expansion of BRICS has brought several Muslim-majority countries into one of the world’s most prominent groupings of emerging economies. But while their presence...

The new scramble for Africa: Big tech, big data and the battle for digital sovereignty

More than a century after European powers carved up Africa for its land, labour and resources, a new scramble for the continent is taking...

Forgiving the Unforgivable: Moazzam Begg on mercy and the limits of forgiveness

Moazzam Begg endured imprisonment, abuse and humiliation during the so called War on Terror. Yet one of the most challenging parts of his story...

The Ummah knows how to give, now it must learn how to build

Teslim Adeyemo argues that Muslim charities must move beyond relief and help build the capital, institutions and enterprises needed for long-term self-sufficiency. Ask most Muslims...

When the conquered imitate the conqueror: African Muslim identity in the shadow of the West

More than 600 years ago, Muslim historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun observed that the defeated often imitate the victorious, adopting their dress, customs, habits...

Evil eye in the age of AI: Why Islam warned us about exposure long before Grok

Somewhere tonight, a stranger you will never meet may be looking at a photograph of your child. You posted it with love — perhaps...

Between contractions and cruelty: Inside South Africa’s undignified maternity wards

By Neelam Rahim There are few moments in a woman’s life when she is as vulnerable as she is during childbirth. Her body is exposed,...

Empire without colonies: How the West maintains global control

By Silindokuhle Mthiyane “The American order is an international order.” This is how American international relations scholar John Mearsheimer has described the global system that...

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