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After Brexit vote, hate crimes are on the rise

Britain’s Home Office reports that after the EU referendum in June 2016, hate crimes against Britons of ethnic or religious minorities rose by 29%.

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

Letters to the editor: October 13 to 19 2017

Readers write in about the the DA’s unwillingness to march for Muslim women, the Kenyan elections and SAPS explains why they need the SANDF.

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Muslim feminism beyond driving

The lifting of the Saudi driving ban is not motivated by concern for women’s rights, but rather strategic interest.

A girl prays on the Mount of Light on January 16 2005 as part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Jebel al-Noor
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​Queer Muslim women are making salaam with who they are

More and more women are accepting that they can be themselves and devout followers of Islam.

A girl prays on the Mount of Light on January 16 2005 as part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Jebel al-Noor, Saudi Arabia. Abid Katib, Getty

​Queer Muslim women are making salaam with who they are

More and more women are accepting that they can be themselves and devout followers of Islam.

Take solace in the divine

Believing that whatever’s happened, happened because there is a God carried this Muslim woman through 3 divorces and into an NGO that changes lives.

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Who needs warrior women?

The willingness to accept spoon-fed versions of the truth has limited the role of women in Islam, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.

Former Public Investment Corporation chief executive Dan Matjila. (David Harrison/M&G)

French woman to fight burka ban in court

European judges will hear the case of a French woman who claims the country’s highly contentious ban on full-face veils violates her rights.

Headscarves raise hackles

Headscarves raise hackles

Rude and embarrassing treatment by passport officials over religious dress upsets local Muslims.

Ban thinly veiled Islamophobia

Ban thinly veiled Islamophobia

Can you imagine a law in South Africa prohibiting Muslim women from wearing the veil?

Compromise needed to protect Muslim women

Compromise needed to protect Muslim women

The Muslim Marriages Bill, which seeks to regularise and regulate Muslim marriages, has been characterised by extensive consensus building.

Sharia must be preserved

Sharia must be preserved

The draft Muslim Marriages Bill has caused waves in the Muslim community and support for the legal process has not been unqualified.

Arab women: the powers that be

Arab women: the powers that be

Saida Sadouni does not conform to the typical image of an Arab revolutionary.

Marriage Bill causes rift among Muslims

The split in South Africa’s Muslim community over the Muslim Marriages Bill is deepening.