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.
Muslim groups in South Africa have said a caliphate cannot be built on mass murders and human rights abuses.
More than a thousand SA Muslims have signed a petition rejecting the actions of militant groups such as Isis, Boko Haram, al-Shabab and al-Qaeda.
Muslim women today have social networking, matrimonial sites, samoosa runs and matchmakers to help find the right husband. But it’s still not easy.
The 20-year deadlock has been broken. The next step is to designate women as marriage officers, write Fatima Seedat and Farhana Ismail.
Revenge attacks are driving the Islamic population out of the Central African Republic and appear to be targeting children.
Muslim extremists have been targeting "blasphemous" moderates in Pakistan, driving adherents away from the Sufi-influenced Islamic tradition.
Reports of mosque closures and restrictions on wearing veils in public have surfaced despite Angola’s president denying the country’s ban on Islam.
Sunday Times editor Phylicia Oppelt has responded to the criticism of a cartoon by Zapiro that has angered Hindus, saying it is not disrespectful.
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland has lashed out at against racist comments directed at Muslim leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed.
A visiting British speaker says he is out to build understanding and dispel misconceptions.
Australian police say they are investigating after the remains of two pigs were dumped at the Muslim section of a cemetery.
The Hadith are indeed secondary to the Qur’an, but the Qur’an says nothing about Aisha’s age at the time the marriage was consummated.
A group of Durban-based organisations want to arrest Tony Blair on charges of war crimes when he arrives in South Africa later this month.
The Mail & Guardian brings you ten lesser known facts about Ramadan.
Sikhs in Wisconsin in the US have been routinely abused and taunted before the temple shooting. Chris McGreal reports.
What female athletes wear should get less attention, but sports clothing can be a barrier to competition for many women who want to cover up.
Even in polite society, fear-mongering and negative stereotyping are now out of control — as I know from bitter experience, writes Mehdi Hasan.
The suicide car bombing that killed at least 38 people in Nigeria has claimed victims across religious and ethnic lines, putting everyone at risk.
Some Muslims in South Africa have begun taking on tradition. And that is where things are getting heated with divisions bubbling to the surface.
Hertz has suspended 34 Muslim shuttle drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for praying on company time.
The US would provoke an uproar among Muslims worldwide and further undermine its position in a changing Arab world if it again sides with Israel
A radical punk revolution was just an idea in a novel by a disaffected Muslim convert but for the bands he inspired the scene became real.
In the traditionally Jewish suburb of Houghton, a towering mosque has been in the making for years next door to a tiny shul.
Sectarian clashes killed at least 13 people in Cairo on Wednesday as old regime diehards attacked pro-democracy protesters.
Nigeria has put security forces on alert to prevent reprisal attacks after clashes near the city of Jos which may have left more than 300 people dead.
Small companies are learning that there are potential rewards in catering for Muslims.
President Barack Obama sought a ”new beginning” between the United States and the Muslim world on Thursday.
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/ 17 October 2008
The Council of Muslim Theologians has decried an incident in which people broke into a mosque, smeared blood and left pigs’ heads behind.
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/ 2 September 2008
Muslims this week begin the fasting and feasting month of Ramadan amid hopes of violence easing in some of the Islamic world’s conflict hotspots.
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/ 2 September 2008
Diabetic Muslims in The Netherlands are putting their health at risk by ignoring medical advice against taking part in Ramadan.