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Iran, Global Geopolitical Developments, and America’s Destabilizing Role: Are We on a Pathway to World War III?

Aneeqa Du Plessis 14 January 2026

By Sedick Crombie Introduction The renowned Spanish-American philosopher, poet, and novelist George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (1). This quotation has never been more relevant than in the context of current global geopolitical developments. The world probably never envisaged that we would

A View on the Rationale for the US Attack by Trump on Venezuela

Aneeqa Du Plessis 6 January 2026

By Media Analyst Sedick Crombie Besides the legal and geopolitical contexts and analyses that many analysts make in relation to the Venezuelan situation—and which are mostly spot on—there are also many other contexts that play a significant role. Legal: that this invasion and the capturing of a foreign president are

The Voice of the Soul

Daanyaal Matthews 30 October 2025

By Dr. Salim Parker His room was immaculately clean. He shared it with a few others, as was customary in Azizyah, a suburb of Makkah. Hajj was about a week away. His roommates went to bed at unearthly hours very, very late at night. They probably had only two to

Joe Biden ‘no saviour’ of the Palestinians

Aneeqa Du Plessis 9 November 2020

In October 1973, newly elected Delaware Senator Joe Biden visited Israel on his first official overseas trip and met Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The 30-year-old was visibly moved as Meir explained what she said was Israel’s militarily dangerous situation surrounded by “enemy states”, but he cheered up when the

Macron’s ‘crusade’ against Islam reveals a dangerous double standard

Aneeqa Du Plessis 9 November 2020

Alittle magazine on the fringes of the French media mainstream continues to polarise public debate not just in France, but across the Muslim world. Their pitiable cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have provided fodder to populists on both sides of the divide – first and foremost, French President Emmanuel Macron

We have lived to see Arabs enter Al-Aqsa under Israeli protection

Aneeqa Du Plessis 20 October 2020

By Abdullah al Majali We have lived to see Arabs enter Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection. It is shameful. Is there any real difference between an Arab delegation visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection and hordes of extremist Israeli settlers whose incursions and practice of Talmudic rituals there take place

Dr Sulayman Nordien: A jewel among pebbles

Aneeqa Du Plessis 16 September 2020

This is an obituary for Islamic calligrapher Dr Sulayman Nordien, who passed away on the 5 September 2020. My first personal encounter with Dr Nordien was in my early twenties when my father set up a meeting with him to introduce me to Arabic calligraphy. We met at Masjid ul

Moving beyond Maulana Dawood

Aneeqa Du Plessis 21 August 2020

I think it is time to take the Moulana Dawood Sampson debate to a different level. We have all had our outrage, our evaluations of the impact of his words, and the extent of rebuke by his peers among the clergy. The strategic question, now with just a few days

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