While people are still deciding to watch the 2014 Fifa World Cup hosted in Brazil there does not appear to be much hype in the air, amongst Capetonians. Most people will not be watching the matches and find following football a waste of time. Daily routines will not be disturbed[…]
A local group from the Claremont Main Road mosque are currently working on a three year pilot project amongst Muslim faith communities, in the hopes of raising awareness on environmental eco justice issues. Working under the flag ‘Muslims for Eco-Justice’, they recently held a workshop for madrassa teachers, in the[…]
The Arabic Studies Institute is set to embark on a bold series of lectures, which will try to dissect and address the persistent issue of extremism that has plagued the world’s perception of Islam. Recent radical activity by groups such as Boko Haram, Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda have further[…]
Islam teaches that Muslims have a responsibility to protect the environment and with this in mind, a young Muslim environmentalist has been inspired to conserve the earth. Durban based environmental activist Nazeer Riaz Jamal is heading to Philippines and Australia to represent South Africa. Jamal was selected to attend the[…]
Kidnapped South African teacher Pierre Korkie has been spotted for the third time in the ongoing war between the Yemeni army and Al Qaeda in Yemen. On Tuesday, humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers said they received confirmation from tribal leaders on the ground that Korkie was seen alive, this[…]
As halal-tourism grows around the world, the Mother City is fast becoming an ideal destination for the sacred month of Ramadan. Already, a number of Cape Town establishments are hosting Muslim tourists during the month of June, with many families relaxing before Ramadan starts at the end of the month.[…]
A Pakistani national and his South African wife say they face daily threats from their Somali shopkeepers in the Nomzamo community in Strand. Saeed Abbas and his wife opened a shop at a small shopping centre in the area, where they sell cellphone accessories and provide repair services. In recent[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat – President Obama’s decision to release five detainees from Guantanamo in exchange for an American POW held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, has sparked outrage in certain quarters. His Republican opponents have attacked him by claiming that the release of the detainees, violates congressional restrictions and[…]
With freezing temperatures across the country, local humanitarian agency Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) has made an impassioned appeal to the Muslim community to support its projects this winter. On Wednesday, city disaster management authorities attended to several areas affected by flooding, with informal settlements the hardest hit.In South Africa,[…]
Cape Town is ready to provide emergency housing kits to illegal shack dwellers evicted earlier in the week, mayor Patricia de Lille said on Friday.“Cape Town is the only metro in South Africa to have developed enhanced kits of this nature and that is able to deploy them at short[…]
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