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Editorial: The faithful too have a duty of care

Despite its liberal and secular Constitution, South Africa is a religious country. It is a country built on the foundations of African belief systems, the Calvinism of the first…

Keeping faith: People pray at the 23rd Street mosque in Mayfair, Johannesburg, last week. Most mosques have since closed ahead of the lockdown, on advice from the Jamiat ul Ulema South Africa. (Michele Spatari/AFP)

The solitary choreography of solo prayer

Covid-19 transmissions in mosques and churches have complicated our relationships with them

Forward in faith: Mogamat Benjamin is a devout Muslim who believes others should accept him for who he is: a proud gay man. (David Harrison/M&G)

The Muslims who will not choose between their god and being gay

Cape Town’s gay men won’t abandon Islam, despite the censure they sometimes face

A gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand, killing at least 40 worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Reuters)

New Zealand mosque gunman published manifesto, livestreamed shooting

The New Zealand government said it could be illegal to share the video, which showed the gunman repeatedly shooting at worshippers from close range

The two known targets were the Masjid al Noor in central Christchurch, and a second mosque in suburban Linwood. (Gallo)

40 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings

40 people have been killed by an Australian extremist at two mosque shootings in New Zealand’s South Island city of Christchurch

(Gallo Images)

Attacker shot dead after fatal stabbing attack at Malmesbury mosque

​Two people have been killed and several wounded in a stabbing attack at a mosque in Malmesbury in the early hours of Thursday morning

(John McCann/M&G)

All the women in me are tired

As the initial joy of Ramadan wears off, the labour of fielding prejudice creeps in

The scene outside the mosque in Ottawa

One confirmed dead after KZN mosque attack

It is believed that the attackers are three Egyptian nationals, who allegedly slit the throats of the three people, including the imam of the mosque

Eleven-month-old Akalapatan Kebo

Letters to the editor: July 8 to 14 2016

Readers write in about Eskom, and the openness of a mosque.

The Central African Republic (CAR) suffers myriad problems, but violent extremism of the kind facing its neighbours, like Cameroon above, is not one of them. Is it just a matter of time?

Two suicide bombings kill at least 40 in Nigeria

Two suicide bombings killed at least 40 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos, witnesses said.

Police suspect arson at gay-friendly mosque

Police have opened an arson inquiry into a fire that broke out shortly after midnight at SA’s first women, Christian and gay-friendly mosque.

A woman listens to the sermon during the opening of the Open Mosque in Wynberg

Struggling to find God in a shared space

For we gender activists the Open Mosque is not quite so new. For over 20 years we’ve waged a gender jihad to gain inclusive access to mosques.

Pop star Rihanna. (Badgirlriri, Instagram)

Rihanna asked to leave UAE mosque over photo shoot

Staff at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi have asked singer Rihanna to leave the premises after she posed for a fashion-style photo session.

The mosque next door

The mosque next door

In the traditionally Jewish suburb of Houghton, a towering mosque has been in the making for years next door to a tiny shul.

Round zero intelligence

Round zero intelligence

US attitudes and beliefs should make the media despair.

Mosque defiled with blood, pigs’ heads

The Council of Muslim Theologians has decried an incident in which people broke into a mosque, smeared blood and left pigs’ heads behind.