A number of right-wing members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, took to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy military protection on Tuesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lifted a ban on MK visits to the holy site imposed in October 2015, which aimed to ease tensions amid a deadly[…]
Pilgrims have started gathering in Mina holy site in preparation for spending the Day of Tarwiyah, as the first day of Haj is called, to read the Qur’an and say their five obligatory prayers. The Day of Tarwiyah is on Wednesday the 8th of Dhul Hijja. The 9th of Dhul[…]
Israeli forces detained at least 14 Palestinians, including at least three minors, in predawn military raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported in a statement that Israeli forces detained six Palestinian from the Jerusalem district, identified as Muhammad Tutanji, Ahmad Mteir, Faisal Shabanah,[…]
Death threats and court challenges mark an intensifying battle for control of the African National Congress (ANC) as factions fight it out in provinces before the party elects a new leader to replace Jacob Zuma. In the region with the most ANC members, KwaZulu-Natal, the high court is expected to[…]
All roads lead to Mina on Wednesday as VOC brings rolling coverage on the coveted journey of hajj. This year, VOCs hajj theme is “perfect trust in God and reliance on Him alone.” “The theme is about what we can take from the story of not just Nabi Ibrahim (AS)[…]
By Abubaker Abrahams “The values my father lived are in all of us. He never regarded himself as unique or especially talented.” These were the heartfelt words of the son of Cape Town’s famous rugby legend Salie Fredericks, in paying tribute to a son of the Muslim community, and whose[…]
On Monday a full bench of the Western Cape High Court began hearing arguments from the state, the Women’s Legal Centre and other stakeholders on whether the failure to recognize Muslim marriages in fact discriminates against women. This as the Women’s Legal Centre some three years ago took the South[…]
At least 52 dwellings have been destroyed and 127 residents displaced after a fire in Pooke se Bos informal settlement early Tuesday morning. This according to Disaster Risk Management Centre following an assessment of the informal settlement, which is located in Pooke Road, Rylands. One man is confirmed to have died in[…]
Buses carrying 500 pilgrims from families of Palestinian martyrs within the guests of King Salman for Hajj and Umrah program, on Sunday evening departed from the Gaza Strip heading to Cairo airport in Egypt. The head of the Committee of Pilgrims of Palestine, Mohammed bin Saad Al-Dossari, revealed that this[…]
Mina, which is often referred to as the white city, the city of tents and/or the city of five-day stay is all braced up to receive more than two million pilgrims of whom about 1.8 million have come from different parts of the world. The pilgrims will tomorrow (Wednesday) proceed[…]
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