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Been there, seen it, believe it

It could have been the ketamine but, as Anonymous writes, he was won over after an extraordinary vision.

Members of the Shembe faith walk towards the Nhlangakazi Mountain during their annual pilgrimage near Inanda

Holy hair: The long and short of it

Present-day Nazarites have relaxed strictures around hair but Rastas resolutely hold on to their dreads.

The living march, lest we forget

After escaping the Nazis in Poland, it took Irene Klass 70 years to return to the ghetto and her home. This is her story.

From the exhibition Divine Violence.

When art and the Bible meet, nothing is sacred

By vandalising the holy text, two South African artists have created a new interpretation of it.

Pick a colour: There is no shortage of choice for those wanting to wear the hijab.

Scarf or scoff: How do you wrap your head around hijab?

Does wearing the hijab mean you are holier than thou? Fatima Asmal finds a rich tapestry of views.

Year 2015: The Naafians have landed. Flee or fight?

Bongani Madondo on the fictional Naafians’s dark nights – in the shadow of a sacred mountain in the southwestern district of the Z’aniaa Republic.

Soon to be a saint: Staunch Catholic Benedict Daswa was killed by a mob of community members on a rural road in the Thohoyandou area.

A reminder that saints walk among us

Twenty-five years ago in Venda, a man died for his beliefs at the hands of a vicious mob. Now he is poised to become South Africa’s first saint.

Africa’s opium is the religion of others

Africa’s opium is the religion of others

Over the Easter weekend many South Africans will mark Christ’s death – not just symbolically.

How I became a Muslim bride

I was raised in Durban as a Hindu and educated as an atheist but, in just a few minutes, my identity was completely different.

Women: The original sinners

The serpent started it and Adam took a big bite but Eve is blamed and women have suffered ever since.