Friday, February 10, 2017

Looking on the bright side of Trump

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Image The Sun. THERE is a CBS tape of Donald Trump calling Barack Obama early in the morning. A dozy Obama answers his cell by saying,...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

The magic turns on the magician, Trump and the law of unintended consequences

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“FOOLISH are those who indulge in foolish actions Foolish are those unconscious of their festering words And doubly foolish are th...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Remembrance at Habibia, Cape Town

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A PLEASANT Saturday afternoon was spent by the Dairat us-Salihiyya Dhikr Circle remebering their Creator at the gravesite of Maulana Ab...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Post Truth, the Big Brother of disinformation

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MY first piece for Muslim Views for 2017 was meant to be a rediscovery of Shaikh Yusuf of Makasar. But events in Syria over the ho...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Mawlud, Masjid Khalil al-Rahman in District Six

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A dhikr group that uses the mosque in District Six every Thursday night (all welcome) for the performance of the devotional liturgy, the R...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Ad-Dairat us-Salihiyyah Dhikr Circle, empowering women

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THE Ad-Dairat us-Salihiyyah Dhikr Circle has a social legacy that goes back for more than 90 years when Shaikh Muhammad Salih He...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Aleppo, a victim of inhumanity whether east or the west

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IN every way, 2016 has been a challenging year to be a journalist. Shrinking print space, incessant cyber-attacks, the dumbing down of...