🚨 BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHEEM 🔔 One Nation Media (ONM), a new global Islamic media platform, launches today with a clear mandate: to challenge dominant narratives and reassert Islam as a comprehensive framework for understanding and shaping the modern world. Guided by its core mission — to awaken, mobilise and unite the Ummah — ONM positions itself not merely as an online news outlet, but as a driver of thought, direction and mobilisation. Based in Johannesburg, ONM exists to advance a clear and unapologetic articulation of the Islamic worldview and its application to contemporary global realities. Its journalism moves beyond passive reporting, combining authoritative news with rigorous analysis and commentary to explain not just what is happening, but why it matters. As a digital-first platform, ONM will produce a range of content including current affairs debate shows, in-depth video explainers, podcasts, short films, documentaries and breaking news. Its coverage will span the African continent and the wider Muslim-majority world, alongside key global flashpoints, delivering analysis with depth and clarity. In a media environment shaped by ideological bias and the marginalisation of Islamic perspectives, ONM intervenes directly — shaping narratives, challenging falsehoods and exposing the failures of dominant political systems and ideological frameworks. Dilly Hussain, Executive Editor of One Nation Media, said: “One Nation Media is not here to fit into the existing media landscape. It is here to challenge it. Our aim is simple: to provide clarity, confront false narratives, and equip Muslims to engage global affairs with conviction, confidence and purpose.” More than a media outlet, ONM aims to restore a sense of direction within the Ummah, advancing Islam as a comprehensive way of life and a framework for shaping the world.

"THE 'UNICORN' TRAP, SUCCESS DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT." In this episode of The African Muslimah podcast #6 published author, Umamah Lu’luah, opens up about growing up rooted in deen, navigating identity and stepping into spaces where she didn’t always feel represented. youtu.be/Oeb1xCwIQh8?si=4mP1…

“Christ is king! Christ is king!” Masked far-right Christian activists in England have vowed that their demonstrations are “only the start”, claiming they intend to “take the country back” from migrants, Muslims and communists. The protesters concealed their identities while displaying nationalist imagery and making increasingly confrontational statements, raising concerns about the growing threat of violent far-right vigilantism, Islamophobia and anti-immigration sentiment across Britain.

Violent protests erupted across France as tens of thousands of students and young people took to the streets amid growing anger over government policies and concerns about the future of education. Demonstrators gathered in city centres, with confrontations reported between protesters and police as authorities moved to disperse crowds. Several injuries were also reported.

October 7 changed the world, but the three years that followed exposed something even more devastating: mankind’s willingness to stand by as a genocide unfolded. As Gaza was bombed, starved and reduced to rubble, governments issued statements, leaders defended Israel, and the international community repeatedly failed to stop the mass murder. This is more than a story about October 7. It is a reckoning with what followed, and with a world that watched it happen in plain sight.

India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, says India had “hardly any choice” but to allow Sheikh Hasina to land in the country in August 2024, as Bangladesh continues to seek her extradition. He said Hasina was still Bangladesh’s prime minister at the time and that India had a duty as a neighbour to receive her amid the crisis. Trivedi added that the extradition request is subject to a structured legal process involving the courts, making it impossible to give an exact timeframe for the return of the secular tyrant, who was sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal.

“Is there a war in your country? Go back!” Asylum seekers at the Durban Refugee Reception Centre were harassed by anti-immigrant vigilantes, some armed with sticks and knobkerries. The group allegedly shoved people waiting for asylum documents and ordered them to leave. The confrontation comes amid a Home Affairs policy allowing undocumented migrants or those with irregular immigration status to approach Refugee Reception Offices and apply for asylum, following a Constitutional Court ruling. Applying for asylum does not automatically confer refugee status; each application must still be assessed.

Juba County Commissioner Moulana Kalisto Lado Faustino has directed foreign nationals to stop operating small-scale retail businesses in South Sudan’s capital, saying such activities should be reserved for South Sudanese citizens. During a visit to Kubri Haboba in Gudele West on Monday, Lado said foreigners should not sell chapati, vegetables or charcoal, or operate motorcycle taxis.

Wtf is going on in Bangladesh and Pakistan that makes them look for asylum in SA?

Najm al-Din examines how the Saudi-Houthi confrontation and disruption across Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb are deepening the global energy crisis, while accelerating Africa’s push towards a greener but potentially more exploitative economic order. 1nationmedia.com/africas-gre…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has signalled a subtle but significant shift in Algeria’s Sahel doctrine: Algiers is willing to intervene in Mali, but only if Bamako asks. 1nationmedia.com/algeria-sig…

At 100 years old, Abdeyah da Costa is a living link to the earliest history of Islam in South Africa — a descendant of Tuan Guru who still lives just doors from the mosque her ancestor established in Bo-Kaap. 1nationmedia.com/meet-the-10…

"I'M STAYING!" WHEN THEY TOLD HER SHE DIDN'T BELONG. In this episode of The African Muslimah podcast #6 published author, Umamah Lu’luah, opens up about growing up rooted in deen, navigating identity and stepping into spaces where she didn’t always feel represented. youtu.be/Oeb1xCwIQh8?si=4mP1…

"SHE DIDN'T NEED A MOVEMENT" In This Episode of The African Muslimah podcast #5 Na’ima B Robert explores the role Muslim women play in shaping culture and the power they have to challenge what should never have been passed down in the first place. youtu.be/8WhH9PSRyZw?si=aH0L…

A group of men affiliated with the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) held a religious ceremony outside a mosque in Nedduru village in the Indian state of Telangana, sparking controversy after footage circulated online. Participants raised Hindu religious slogans while conducting the ceremony directly outside the mosque’s entrance.

*“GET THE DIRTY NIG*ERS OUT!”* An anti-migrant protest in Gosport, Hampshire, saw clashes with police after 149 migrants rescued from the English Channel were brought to Haslar Marina. Around 350 protesters gathered. Twelve people were arrested, including on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offences.

“We are Muslims, not Islamists.” Morocco’s first female prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, has drawn widespread criticism for distinguishing her Muslim faith from “Islamist” politics. A member of the secularist Authenticity and Modernity Party, El Mansouri has spoken about balancing Morocco’s Islamic identity with modernity and reform.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused the UAE of encouraging Somaliland’s push for independence and deepening divisions with Somalia’s federal government. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Mohamud also said Somalia is moving beyond more than three decades of civil war, famine, terrorism and foreign intervention, with his government working to reshape the country’s international image.

Delegates from more than 30 countries gathered in Johannesburg for the 12th Southern Africa Ulama Forum (SAUF), bringing together local and international Muslim scholars to confront the challenges of preserving Islamic identity amid rapid social, political and technological change. 1nationmedia.com/african-mus…

More than 100 fighters from a Sudanese faction previously aligned with the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have defected to the Sudanese army in North Darfur. According to Sudan’s state news agency, 106 fighters, including 18 officers, from the faction led by Al-Tahir Hajar joined the army. The defecting group, led by Mohammedain Ismail Abu Zera, arrived with weapons and military vehicles and is expected to take part in army operations along the western axis.

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have activated their new Makkah defence alliance amid escalating Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. The three countries have agreed to rapidly deploy military capabilities to the kingdom. The move follows an emergency meeting in Riyadh and marks the first activation of the pact since it was signed in August.