Iran’s top leader on Wednesday said missiles were key to the Islamic Republic’s future, offering support to the hardline Revolutionary Guards that have drawn criticism from the West for testing ballistic missiles. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported last year’s nuclear deal with world powers but has since called for[…]
Members of Libya’s UN-backed unity government reportedly arrived in the capital Tripoli on Wednesday, defying warnings by rival factions that it should not move there. The Presidential Council was formed under a UN-mediated peace deal late last year in an effort to end the political chaos and conflict that has[…]
All products certified by the Muslim Judicial Council Halal Trust (MJCHT) are halal. This was the categorical statement by the ulema body at a media briefing held at the MJC headquarters on Wednesday. It comes after the Department of Islamic affairs in Malaysia (JAKIM) delisted the halal certifier, after they[…]
The South African Muslim community has reacted with elation to the news of the release of Sheikh Abdus Salaam Bassiouni, after months of detention in an Egyptian prison. The alim, who has Egyptian and South African citizenship, was released from the notorious Tora prison on Tuesday, ending a 15-month-long detention[…]
As a result of the weather, the Mahabbah Foundation’s mass Raatib Al-Hadaad is relocated to Hiddingh Hall Campus, University of Cape Town, which is located opposite the Mount Nelson Hotel.
Palestinians both inside Palestine and in the diaspora are commemorating Land Day today in order to stress their commitment to their right to the land and their ownership of it. Land Day dates back to March1976 when the Israeli authorities seized thousands of acres of privately owned land in areas[…]
Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered outside the Japanese parliament in Tokyo to protest against a new security bill that allows its military to engage in conflicts abroad for reasons other than self-defense. More than 37,000 protesters, including members of four opposition parties, reportedly joined the rally on Tuesday. Footage from[…]
Sylvester the lion has become a danger to human beings and the decision to put him down is for the best, the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) Wildlife Protection Unit said on Tuesday after the animal escaped from the Karoo National Park for a second time. SANParks spokesperson Reynold Thakhuli[…]
“Thank God we are safe. Everyone is safe.” These were the words of Metropolitan Bishop Damaskinos Papandreou, of the Greek Orthodox Church of Joburg and Pretoria, after the Egyptian plane hijacking on Tuesday. EgyptAir MS181 was seized by a passenger claiming to be wearing a suicide belt soon after it[…]
Prof Anton Eberhard is “completely wrong” regarding his stance against new nuclear power in South Africa because his demand predictions are off by 23GW, according to energy analyst Andrew Kenny. Kenny was responding to an opinion piece Eberhard wrote in Business Day on Tuesday, in which he said South Africa[…]
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