Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
muslimlatest news & developments
It seems ridiculous that with all this fabulous food on offer, many of the people who are strict adherents of these religions still prefer the bitter taste of conflict.

The God Edition | Making a meal of religion

Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance

Ameen Hassen, Head of Shariah Banking at Standard Bank

Islamic and conventional finance: moving past the perceived differences will unlock growth on the continent

Shari’ah financing can help Africa achieve important development goals

Feuding: The recent restoration of the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II  to the throne has set off a power struggle among emirs in Nigeria. Photo: Aminu Abubakar/AFP

North Nigerian city caught in ‘Game of Thrones’ royal standoff

Traditional institutions are increasingly becoming tools of political power in the country

Pray away: Muslim women pray the first Taraweeh evening prayer on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Nizamiye Mosque in
Midrand, Johannesburg, but the author laments the lack of equitable spaces for women in many of the city’s mosques. Photo: Gulshan Khan/AFP

Joburg’s mosques need to be more open

These are community spaces and should be available to all

Chef Sherifah Yunus Olokodana

Veiled chef spotlights the place of Muslim women in the household

Chef Sherifah Yunus Olokodana, who has established herself as a social media food influencer in Nigeria, wears a niqāb, challenging stereotypes about Muslim women

One of Andrew Lindsay’s mosaics in Bezuidenhout Road, Bertrams (near Ellis Park). This one represents the 1922 Miner’s Strike.

Public artists strive to redeem Joburg’s blighted inner city

A public art team aims to roll back the squalor and spiritual deformity of downtown Johannesburg. Its latest project looks for meaning in a senseless murder

Intolerance: A video of a mob killing Deborah Samuel has gone viral, fuelling animosity between Christians and Muslims

A 21st-century stoning in Nigeria

Deborah Samuel was killed by a mob of fellow students for a message she posted in a WhatsApp group – and the police were unable to stop them

MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – 2022/01/29: A Muslim man wearing a protective face mask checks his phone as he walks past a graffiti in Mumbai.
Coronavirus graffiti’s are painted to create awareness and spread the message about maintaining social distance, wearing face masks and sanitizing regularly. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

India today: A place between hope and despair

Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of…

Going viral: The tremors of the coronavirus pandemic will hit India’s economy, which is shot through with fault lines that have deepened since it began to liberalise its economy in the early 1990s. People in Mumbai line up outside a store to buy groceries following the announcement of a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

Surviving Covid-19 – and Modi

A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic

Swimsuit-clad Halima Aden is the latest face of
Sports Illustrated. (Yu Tsai)

Burka talk in a time of bias

The Western mass media misuses the term ‘burkini’ for the mainstream gaze

The perfect destination (Photo Archive)

The perfect destination

Why South Africa is best matched to meet the needs of Muslim travellers