Today, Sultan Omar is best known as founder of Ethar Relief, one of the few international NGOs serving displaced Eritrean and East African refugees.
Read More »Lives of the Forgotten Refugees: Ibrahim’s Story
"Food, clothes, and box-ticking is not enough to uplift children to achieve their potential."
Read More »Islam reached Africa before Madinah even existed
In this short article, I would like to share some historical notes about Islam’s first connections with Sub-Saharan (i.e. Black) Africa.
Read More »Timbuktu: Empire of Knowledge
Imagine a legendary city in 16th century West Africa where thousands of Black African students pondered over the latest ideas in science, mathematics, and medicine.
Read More »Diary of a humanitarian: The Beautiful Sacrifice
In my work I see both sides of the humanitarian crisis – on the one hand, I see people suffering in terrible conditions; on the other hand, I also see people eager to help in any way they can.
Read More »Trevor Noah, the World Cup & Tariq Ramadan: the French Connection
It seems “We are all French” is nothing more than a thinly veiled excuse for the dominant culture to be able to strip all others of theirs, writes Sh Zahir Mahmood
Read More »Bashar al-Assad returns France’s highest honour, the Grand-Croix
Bashar al-Assad has returned France's highest possible honour, the grand-croix. Presumably he is unworthy of the great distinction shared by the likes of Gaddafi, Mussolini and Franco.
Read More »Black History Did NOT Start With Slavery
How Islam Empowered Africa #BlackHistoryMonth
Read More »Why Islam is Spreading in Rwanda
"I know people in America think Muslims are terrorists, but for Rwandans they were our freedom fighters during the genocide..."
Read More »“The world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945”
The world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations has warned. The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Stephen O’Brien, told the Security Council on Friday that more than 20 million people in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan ...
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