Imagining an Isaraeli strike on Iran

By David E Sanger(source: NewYork Times) In 1981, Israel destroyed Iraq’s nuclear reactor at Osirak, declaring it could not live with the chance the country would get a nuclear weapons capability. In 2007, it wiped out a North Korean-built reactor in Syria. And...

Stabbed pupil dies in hospital

A Roodepark High School pupil who was stabbed in the head died today. Spokesman Captain Siphiwe Ndlovu says the 16-year-boy, who was stabbed by his classmate on Tuesday, died in the West Rand’s Leratong Hospital last night. “The two started fighting after...

Taking a leaf out of the prophets life

By Mufti Zubair Bayat (This article was published in the Natal Mercury Paper on Thursday, 27 May 2010 p.15)The recent Mail & Guardian cartoon, which attempts to depict the Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) lying on a psychiatrist’s couch and supposedly...

Face to face with history

Face to face with historyMartin JacquesThe UN conference on racism confronted western countries with difficult truths – but that’s no reason for anyone to walk out Ironies of history: an Arab woman supports a protest in northern Galilee against...

Rabbis announce communal fast for Gaza

Rabbis announce communal fast for Gaza Bethlehem – Ma’an – A group of rabbis and Jews has committed to undertaking a monthly daytime fast in support of Palestinians in Gaza, their website said. In Jewish tradition a communal fast is held in times of...