by Iqbal Jassat | Aug 8, 2019 | Kashmir, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
All it took was a blink of an eye to realize that India’s right-wing government outmanoeuvred old-style colonialism by repackaging it as “democracy in action”. Whether described as a double takeover or colonialism squared, the fact is that the...
by Iqbal Jassat | Jul 23, 2019 | MRN articles, MRN Views, Palestine, World News
Is South Africa among the countries standing aside as the world is confronted with illegal moves by the Trump Administration to facilitate the complete annihilation of Palestine by Israel? Notwithstanding the fact that the ANC-led government headed by President Cyril...
by Iqbal Jassat | Jul 4, 2019 | Africa, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
Isn’t it bizarre if not downright scandalous for the African continent which since the defeat of apartheid and its replacement with a democratic order in South Africa, had disavowed military coups, yet is led by a coup mastermind? General Abdel Fatah al Sisi,...
by Iqbal Jassat | Jun 20, 2019 | MRN articles, MRN Views, Obituary
The passing of Dr Shaukat Ali Thokan has been met with immense sadness throughout South Africa. His death, following a period of illness, will leave a huge void in the country’s Muslim community. A founder-member of the Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) which was...
by Iqbal Jassat | Jun 19, 2019 | MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
Is America preparing to go to war with Iran? This is the question dominating discussions around dinner tables as well as boardrooms. Confined not only to the Middle East, where heightened concerns about the fall-out for the volatile region’s future forms part of...
