Over the years, local imams have prided themselves in working to transform their respective communities, from officiating at wedding ceremonies and funerals to standing ready to mediate in family matters, all the while not enjoying the deserved recognition for their efforts. Asserting that addressing financial constraints shuyukh face is long[…]
As much as there may be merit in complaints that media in general has not provided the Rohingya tragedy adequate coverage, the same argument can be made against human rights organizations for their lackluster approach to the crisis. In the light of an intensified campaign of ethnic cleansing dubbed as[…]
Awqaf South Africa embarked on a three day masjid tour where the organisation visited 22 Islamic institutions in the emerging communities of Cape Town. The aim of the visit was to meet with the imams of these institutions and to assess their needs and conditions of how they operate –[…]
Relief organisation, Muslim Hands South Africa is inviting all to the very first night walk for Syria, aptly titled ‘Shine for Syria’. The aim of the initiative is directed toward creating awareness about the plight of the millions of Syrians who have been killed, injured and displaced in a war[…]
The Islamic Library is set to open its latest facility – a state-of-the-art digitally integrated resource centre, situated at the Islamia College Academia Centre on Friday 25 November 2016. Facilities at the Al-Ikhlaas Academia Library and Resource Centre include an interactive audio-visual room, conference room, researchers hub, and computer workstations[…]
The parents of a three-year-old girl who drowned during flash floods in Alexandra two weeks ago will go to a government mortuary on Wednesday to identify the body. Police say the toddler was found upstream the Jukskei river in Buccleuch north of Johannesburg. Police spokesperson Kay Makhubele says: “The parents[…]
The ANC caucus in Parliament has accused the EFF of political grandstanding in bringing before the National Assembly a motion to repeal the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1956. “As this ANC government, we have made great strides in repealing over 2 000 apartheid laws which were found to be inconsistent[…]
Acting police commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane is expected to make a warning statement on Wednesday, in relation to a charge of defeating the ends of justice after being summoned by police watchdog IPID. Following Jackie Selebi, Bheki Cele, and Riah Phiyega, Phahlane is the fourth consecutive top cop to be[…]
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for 48 Kurdish fighters, including the leader of a US-backed Syrian Kurdish group that is a key military force against ISIL. Warrants were issued on Tuesday in connection with a suicide bomb attack in February in Ankara. The attack on a military bus near a[…]
At least nine civilians were killed and nine injured in Pakistan-administered Kashmir when an Indian artillery shell hit a passsenger bus in the disputed region on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said. “The passenger bus was attacked by Indian shelling at 8.30 in the morning, resulting in the death of nine people on-board,”[…]
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