Israeli police briefly detained the head of the Islamic authority that oversees Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem early on Sunday following recent protests there. Sheikh Abdelazeem Salhab was appointed to head the Waqf by neighbouring Jordan, which strongly protested the arrest. Jordan’s minister of Islamic affairs, Abdul Nasser Abul al-Basal,[…]
President Omar al-Bashir has declared a year-long state of emergency, dissolving his cabinet and local governments throughout the country. In a televised address on Friday, Bashir also called on Sudan’s parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to run for another term in a presidential election in 2020.[…]
Legal representatives of a pupil slapped by her Afrikaans teacher in class have accused Sans Souci Girls High School and the Western Cape department of education of being biased in favour of the employee. Their actions following the “verbal abuse and assault” of the teenager have been appalling, legal representative[…]
A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with the mugging of a young woman in Muizenberg whose filmed fight against her robbers went viral, police said. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut said after studying the video of the incident, the owner of the Mercedes Benz pictured was tracked down in[…]
A case of crimen injuria has been registered against a Rosebank Junior School coach who reportedly instructed a group of Grade six pupils to partially strip after money had disappeared from their classroom. Western Cape Education Department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said the coach admitted to instructing the boys to strip[…]
This forms part of a series by Dr Salim Parker and can be read on his blog hajjdoctor.co.za There was no question about her intention; she was going to perform Hajj. The question was whether she’ll make it for that year. She did not apply in time and was not[…]
The Ministry of Haj and Umrah is currently giving final touches to a fascinating project that will allow pilgrims and visitors as well as citizens and residents of the Kingdom to travel to Madinah on camels following the route that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had taken during[…]
South African taxpayers will once again find themselves squeezed by the fiscus for a number of reasons, Bernard Sacks, tax partner at Mazars said in reaction to Budget 2019. He explained that the most notable of these is the announcement that no changes will be made to the personal income[…]
President Nicolas Maduro said Venezuela would shut its border with Brazil on Thursday “until further notice” amid a tense standoff with US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido over allowing in humanitarian aid. Maduro said he was also considering a “total closure of the border with Colombia” where he has already ordered[…]
Shamima Begum, a British teenager who ran away from home to live in ISIL’s so-called “caliphate”, will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh, the South Asian country’s state minister for foreign affairs has told Al Jazeera. “She is a British citizen,” Shahriar Alam said on Wednesday after the UK announced[…]
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