The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) demanded, on Saturday, the end of violence against Palestinian children after Israeli forces shot and killed two minors in the besieged Gaza Strip. During “The Great March of Return” protests, Hassan Iyad Shalbi, 13, and Hamza Muhammad Ishteiwi, 17, were shot and[…]
The first accreditation list for Hajj 1440 has been released by The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) on Saturday the 9th of February 2019. In the highly anticipated list, after 3500 places were secured during talks between SAHUC and Saudi Hajj officials, 63 pages of names have been released. To[…]
By Tasneem Adams The family of the late Imam Abdullah Haron will reopen the inquest into their father’s death in 1969. The long-awaited decision follows the success of the Ahmed Timol inquest, in which reopened by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in 1996. Imam Haron died on September 27, 1969,[…]
South Africa has been given a quote of 3500 for this hajj season, with a possible increase under consideration by the Ministry of Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) announced on Friday that the first accreditation list is expected to be[…]
Holy Cross Primary School in Zonnebloem has called on the community to assist, after a fire broke out and caused sever damage on Thursday afternoon. The fire destroyed three classrooms, an unfinished library, the computer laboratory and the feeding schemes kitchen. The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council has urged Imāms to read the following statement of support and reflection on the life of Imām Abdullah Haron (Raḥimahu Allāh), to mark his birthday on Friday 8 February. This year marks the 50th year in which Imām Abdullah Haron was killed by the former apartheid[…]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de-facto ruler, said back in 2017 that he would use “a bullet” on journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a New York Times report said, citing US intelligence officials with knowledge of intercepted communications between the crown prince and a senior Saudi aide. The[…]
A 51-year-old Palestinian prisoner from the besieged Gaza Strip died due to medical negligence, on Wednesday, after serving 28 years in Israeli prisons, four of which he spent in solitary confinement. According to the Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee, Faris Baroud, 51, from al-Shati refugee camp, died shortly[…]
A camp where babies are dying despite it being in a zone in Syria controlled by the United States military finally received its first aid delivery in three months. The United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent reached the Rukban camp in southeast Syria with 118 trucks packed with[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address (Sona) largely dealt with the issues facing SA, but it promised more than government can deliver. This was the gist of the reaction from opposition parties, who were speaking outside parliament after the address on Thursday night. The speech was also lacking[…]
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