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  • Visitors to the Contemporary Muslim Fashions display at the de Young Museum of San Francisco. Picture: @deyoungmuseum/Twitter

    Three things the world can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion

    A deeper understanding of Muslim women's clothing could help tackle stereotypes around Islam, writes Liz Bucar.

    891 days ago
  • This file undated handout photo released to AFP on 1 November 2018 via the UK charity British Pakistani Christian Association shows a portrait of Asia Bibi, who had been on death row in Pakistan since 2010. Picture: AFP

    Pakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed

    The release of Asia Bibi, a mother of five, prompted immediate anger from a hard-line Islamist party that has threatened to paralyse daily life countrywide with street protests if her acquittal is not reversed.

    896 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    [LISTEN] 'No verse in the Quran that says women should cover their faces'

    CapeTalk host Kieno Kammies interviews Dr Taj Hargey, the imam at the Oxford Islamic Congregation and founder of the Open Mosque in Cape Town.

    981 days ago
  • FILE: The European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels.  Picture: AFP

    Why the West needs to change how it sees itself

    The 1989 Tiananmen incident was read as a signal that Communist China was heading the way of the Soviet Union, the 1987 Asian financial crisis welcomed as a sign that the Asian miracle had crashed.

    1053 days ago
  • FILE: Indonesian Muslims gather at the Baiturrahman Raya mosque in Banda Aceh to offer Eid al-Fitr prayers on 25 June 2017. Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan during which devotees are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. Picture: AFP.

    Denmark's immigration minister criticised over Ramadan comment

    She says that because those observing Ramadan can’t eat or drink for up to 18 hours, that it is a potential safety risk to the rest of society.

    1065 days ago
  • Ramadan, one of Islam's five pillars, and the Muslim calendar that indicates on which day the fasting period is to end this year. Picture: AFP

    Ramadan: One of Islam's five pillars

    Ramadan, one of Islam's five pillars, and the Muslim calendar that indicates on which day the fasting period is to end this year.

    1071 days ago
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: United Nations (UN).

    Facing far-right challenge, minister says Islam 'doesn't belong' to Germany

    New German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer comments put him on a collision course with Chancellor Angela Merkel, who reiterated her long-held view that Islam was a part of Germany.

    1133 days ago
  • FILE: A Sri Lanka Army tank takes part in an Independence Day parade rehearsal in Colombo on 2 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after Buddhist-Muslim clash

    The unrest in the Indian Ocean island’s central district of Kandy began on Sunday after the funeral of a truck driver from the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community.

    1143 days ago
  • Malaysian flag. Picture: WikiCommons

    Pop concert promoters may ditch Malaysia as hardline Islam gets a grip

    International music stars, especially those known for risqué lyrics or revealing clothing, are unlikely to be brought to Malaysia as part of regional or global tours.

    1301 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com

    Dubai drops charges against SA man & fiance

    The couple was arrested this week when a local doctor discovered the woman was pregnant out of wedlock.

    1504 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    [OPINION] Slandering feminism in Islam by way of Shariah law

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee says the truth is that the Islam that you have come to know is not Islam at all.

    1504 days ago
  • Muslim men gather to attend Friday prayers near Rome's ancient Colosseum on October 21, 2016 to protest against the closure of unofficial mosques. The Muslim community of Rome gathered by the Colosseum to pray and demonstrate against the alleged shutting down by police of unofficial mosques. Picture: AFP

    [OPINION] To end terror we need to engage Islam, not ignore it

    A strong anti-religious sentiment has emerged in Europe, and increasingly in the more religious America.

    1563 days ago
  • Muslim men gather to attend Friday prayers near Rome's ancient Colosseum on October 21, 2016 to protest against the closure of unofficial mosques. The Muslim community of Rome gathered by the Colosseum to pray and demonstrate against the alleged shutting down by police of unofficial mosques. Picture: AFP

    Muslims pray at Colosseum protesting against Rome mosque closures

    At least 1.6 million Muslims live in Italy but only a handful of mosques are officially registered.

    1644 days ago
  • The new Crescent moon is seen above the Margala Hills to mark the beginning of the of the Islamic holy month of Ramadaan in Islamabad on 6 June 2016. Picture: Aamir Qureshi/AFP.

    Muslims to gather for moon sighting this evening

    If the new moon is sighted with the naked eye, Muslims will celebrate Eid tomorrow.

    1752 days ago
  • Protester holds sign reading in czech 'Stop Islam and stop Merkel', during an anti-Islam rally in front of the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, 06 February 2016. Picture: EPA/FILIP SINGER the Prague Castle.

    Anti-Islam movement PEGIDA stages protests across Europe

    Police in Dresden declined to estimate the number of protesters but put the number at up to 8,000.

    1901 days ago
  • This video still image obtained 8 January, 2016 courtesy of the Philadelphia Police Department, shows a shooting suspect and police car on 7 January, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA. A self-professed sympathiser of the Islamic State extremist group shot and seriously wounded a police officer in Philadelphia, opening fire multiple times at point blank range with a stolen weapon. Picture: AFP.

    Gunman ambushes Philadelphia policeman in the name of Islam

    Edward Archer approached the officer shortly before midnight and fired 11 rounds, three of which hit his arm.

    1930 days ago
  • Wedding. Picture: Free Images.

    The fight for govt to recognise Muslim marriages continues

    UCT Professor Waheeda Amien spoke to John Maytham on CapeTalk about the challenges faced by Muslim women in marriage.

    1967 days ago
  • A Kurdish fighter walks by a wall bearing a drawing of the flag of the Islamic State (IS) group in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, in the Nineveh Province, on 13 November 2015. Picture: AFP.

    OPINION: How Islamic law can take on ISIS

    Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im says Islamic belief & practice is fundamentally individual & voluntary in its nature.

    1982 days ago
  • An image grab taken from a video uploaded on May 18, 2015 by Aamaq News Agency, a Youtube channel which posts videos from areas under the Islamic State (IS) group’s control, allegedly shows an IS fighter hanging a flag of the group in a street of Ramadi, the Iraqi capital of Anbar province, a day after the city was captured by IS. Picture: AFP/HO/Aamaq.

    OPINION: True reason for Islamic State's use of sexual slavery

    David Frankfurter says ancient Islamic traditions do not fully explain atrocious policies.

    2052 days ago
  • Faizel Patel. Picture: Supplied.

    OPINION: Reflecting on Ramadan

    Faizel Patel explores what Ramadan means to him.

    2134 days ago
  • Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi looks at documents at the start of the third Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit, on January 21, 2013, in Riyadh. Picture: AFP

    Egypt’s trial of Mursi ‘badly flawed’: Human Rights Watch

    A court on 21 April convicted Mursi and 12 other Muslim Brotherhood members of violence.

    2188 days ago
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