As Eid Al-Adha approaches, many animal rights groups have called to the fore the treatment of animals at slaughter houses during the qurban (sacrifice) period. In 2015, the Cape of Good Hope Speak, Protect and Care for Animals (SPCA) raised concern over the treatment of animals in conducting the Islamic[…]
In a bid to highlight the Nakhba and the accompanying oppression of the Palestinian peoples, on September 1, 2016, the South African Jews for Free Palestine (SAJFP), was scheduled to host a tree planting ceremony at the Weinberg Family Park, in Johannesburgs Savoy Estate. While Johannesburg City Parks had previously[…]
A year has passed, according to the Islamic calendar, since the crash of a giant crane in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, yet the trial of 14 people accused of involvement in the incident is still continuing. The Summary Court in Jeddah held a number of sessions but recessed to[…]
Eskom has confirmed that its CEO Brian Molefe will on Wednesday present the power utility’s financial statements and annual report to Parliament. Molefe is expected to face tough questions about why there’s a stand-off between Eskom and the Treasury. Eskom has also handed over the documents that the Treasury had[…]
The victimisation that Pretoria High School for Girls pupils face can be likened to that arising from the recent ‘burkini’ ban in France, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s youth co-ordinator said on Tuesday. “What this has in common with the highly discriminatory French law, is that it enforces assimilation based on[…]
A “caretaker” to the Western Cape ANC, appointed earlier in the year by the national executive committee (NEC), on Tuesday spoke out about confusion created by two conflicting statements from the party. Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba said she had been made aware of a statement issued by the provincial secretary on Monday[…]
Mines Minister Mosebenzi Zwane reportedly recommended to Cabinet a drastic change to the Banks Act that would allow the finance minister to control bank licences. This formed part of an inter-ministerial committee he led to investigate why South Africa’s top banks blacklisted the Gupta family, who are friends with President[…]
The death toll from Tuesday’s car bomb attack targeting two hotels popular with officials near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 22, police said on Wednesday. The attack was claimed by the Islamist militant group al Shabaab. The blast partially destroyed two hotels, including one[…]
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls poured more oil onto the ongoing controversy over Islamic clothing in public places, when he appeared to suggest that head-to-toe coverings worn by Muslim women contravened the French spirit. Valls, who is considered to be on the right wing of the ruling Socialist party, invoked[…]
Islamic State said on Tuesday one of its most prominent and longest-serving leaders was killed in what appeared to be an American air strike in Syria, depriving the militant group of the man in charge of directing attacks overseas. A U.S. defense official told Reuters the United States targeted Abu[…]
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