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MJC Eid message to Muslim community

“O you who have believed, fear Allāh as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims” [Surah Āli Ímrān, verse 102] All Praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the Worlds; Peace and Blessings be upon our Beloved Prophet Muḥammad (PBUH) his family and companions. The Muslim[…]

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MJC denounces discord within SA Muslim community

The Muslim Judicial Council of South Africa has called for unity and denounced apparent discord within the local Muslim community. Describing Ramadan 2018 as an “extremely difficult and strenuous, in a statement released on Wednesday the ulama body said the sacred month has been overshadowed by what it termed “controversy,[…]

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Women and Janazahs

This a transcript of a Jumuah khutbah delivered by Imam Rashied Omar of the Claremont Main Road Mosque on women and janazahs.  You are obsessed by greed and compete with each other for worldly possessions Until you visit the graves (Surah Takathur, Chapter 102, Verses 1 and 2) During the[…]

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Mualima Khadija Allie signals a new dawn for the MJC

In what has been described an unprecedented move in the history of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), a female representative has been elected as a member of the ulama body’s Executive Committee. The announcement was made following a by-election on April 21, 2018, at the MJC’s Annual General Meeting. Having[…]

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‘Greater Jerusalem Means No Churches and No Mosques’

Palestinian interfaith officials have warned against monopolizing the city of Jerusalem by the Israeli government and the effects that would have on Christianity and Islam. Hanna Issa, secretary-general of the Palestinian Authority‘s Muslim-Christian Committee said that more than 95 percent of Jerusalem had already been “Judaized” by Israel, and that[…]

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Ijitima 2018 kicks off in Rustenberg

The largest gathering of Muslims in Southern Africa kicks off on Friday at Zinniaville sports ground in Rustenberg, Johannesburg. Thousands of people are expected to attend the annual ijtima which takes place every Easter weekend and will conclude on Monday. The three day event is hosted by the Aalami shura[…]

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Anger over Lotus FM presenter’s comments on Islam

The South African Muslim Network (Samnet) has lodged a complaint with the SABC and Human Rights Commission over alleged comments made by a Lotus FM presenter, accused of being Islamophobic. In a Facebook post, Pauline Sangham allegedly stated that “Islam is a false religion based upon a false book and[…]

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Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad visits SA

Capetonians who want a glimpse of a beautiful, traditional and transformative vision of Islam will be in their element when they meet one of the world’s most erudite scholars, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad in the Mother City this week. Shaykh Murad is considered ‘Britain’s most influential Muslim’. He will be[…]

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