Defending Islam

  Gaza,Gaza,Gaza… It’s on everyone’s minds and at the forefront of our concerns. We cannot pick up our phones without a flood of statuses, links and pictures on Gaza. The radio too, is constantly updating us about the situation in the holy land of Quds. However what this is doing… …

South African activist for Palestine Ismail Moola spoke to Radio Islam LIVE from Greece this morning about the Freedom Flotilla as all ports lead to Gaza, In-Shaa Allah. Speaking to Mufti Yusuf Moosagie, he was cautiously optimistic. “Momentum is at its peak as all the activist are streaming in from …

By Jonathan Cook 16 June, 2015 Countercurrents.org Two recent reports suggest that Israel could face catastrophic consequences if it fails to end the mistreatment of Palestinians under its rule, whether in the occupied territories or in Israel itself. The Rand Corporation’s research shows that Israel could lose $250 billion over …

Umar Stambuli – Cii News | 22 Sha’ban 1436/10 June 2015 The saying, desperate times call for desperate measures seems to have been misinterpreted by some Muslims. Desperation is rendering many in this community of faith gullible and weak. A look at community newspapers published on a weekly and monthly …

  Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2015-06-09   The Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) has lodged a complaint for the arrest of Egyptian Abdel Fatthah Al Sisi and other officials when they visit South Africa next week for the African Union Summit. Dubbed the Egyptian docket, it calls for the national …

 aljazeera Israeli members of the BDS movement and pro-Palestinian activists explain why the world should stop supporting Israel. Carlo Gianferro | 08 Jun 2015 09:23 GMT | War & Conflict, Middle East, Israel, Palestine Correction, 6/8/2015: An earlier version of this article suggested that all of those profiled are members of …

Freedom of Speech V. Freedom of Religion: Anti-Islam Armed Rally Outside Phoenix Mosque By Abdus Sattar Ghazali 04 June, 2015 Countercurrents.org Amid recent rise in Islamophobia, an anti-Islam rally was held on Friday (May 29, 2015) outside the Phoenix mosque. This was the second anti-Islam rally outside this mosque within …

By Jonathan Cook 29 May, 2015 Countercurrents.org Nazareth: Only a few weeks into Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, the intense strain of trying to square its members’ zealotry with Israel’s need to improve its international standing is already starkly evident. The conundrum was laid out clearly by Tzipi Hotovely, a young …

Shoks Mnisi Mzolo – Cii News | 07 Shabaan 1436/27 May 2015 On May 29, the south-east Asian bloc will meet to discuss the Rohingya question. Rohingyas endure daily hardship in their homeland, Myanmar. Much as this is their home they, ironically, have no citizenship to speak of. They were …

  May 18 2015 at 05:59pm By Carla Bernardo EPAA file picture dated 15 February 2015 of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gesturing from inside a cage in the courtroom where he stood trial in Cairo. Picture: Namir Galal / Almasry Alyoum Cape Town – Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi …