Tag Archives: AFRICA

Today, Sultan Omar is best known as founder of Ethar Relief, one of the few international NGOs serving displaced Eritrean and East African refugees.

"Food, clothes, and box-ticking is not enough to uplift children to achieve their potential."

In this short article, I would like to share some historical notes about Islam’s first connections with Sub-Saharan (i.e. Black) Africa.

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.

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.

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

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.

How Islam Empowered Africa #BlackHistoryMonth

"I know people in America think Muslims are terrorists, but for Rwandans they were our freedom fighters during the genocide..."

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 ...