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title: "Gandhi in South Africa, the appeal of makeup, and sharia law"
date: "2016-02-29T16:04:26+00:00"
modified: "2016-02-29T16:04:26+00:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2016/02/29/gandhi-in-south-africa-the-appeal-of-makeup-and-sharia-law/"
post_id: 6497
categories: ["Uncategorised"]
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# Gandhi in South Africa, the appeal of makeup, and sharia law

1\. [Faith in uncertainty: what early Christians believed about the afterlife](/articles/4992/faith-in-uncertainty-what-early-christians-believed-about-the-afterlife)

From the intellectual hotbed of late antiquity emerged some key Christian values, writes Jonathan Rée – and some humanist ones too.

2\. [Becoming Gandhi: his forgotten years in South Africa](/articles/4988/becoming-gandhi-his-forgotten-years-in-south-africa)

An inspiration to movements for justice around the world, Gandhi formed his ideas amid the turmoil of the British Empire, writes Burhan Wazir.

3\. [The death of an immortal](/articles/4986/the-death-of-an-immortal)

Jehovah Wanyonyi, founder of a cult in Kenya and Uganda, claimed he was God. His recent demise tells a different story. Daniel Sitole reports.

4\. [Sharia law: a question of judgement](/articles/4984/sharia-law-a-question-of-judgement)

Those who argue sharia law poses a threat to British culture are wrong, says Richard Scorer, but the challenge of ensuring equal rights remains.

5\. [The enduring appeal of makeup](/articles/4990/the-enduring-appeal-of-makeup)

We have worn makeup for thousands of years despite puritanical condemnation and the scorn of radical feminists, says Sally Feldman. Why?

[*January’s top long-reads*](/articles/4975/robots-big-brother-and-the-death-of-the-sun)

[More on our Spring issue – out now](/articles/4996/the-spring-2016-new-humanist-is-out-now)