With the countdown to the holy month of Ramadan, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has announced the fitra and fidya amounts for Ramadan 1436. This year, Fitra amounts to R30, equivalent to 3kg of Rice (staple food). Fidya will cost R15, which amounts to three quarters of a kilogram of[…]
In the 21st century, Islam faces challenges: social, economic, political and theological: 9/11, 7/7 and the birth of Al-Qa’idah; wars in the East and Islamophobia in the west. And then there is the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). With real concerns that youth in South Africa are becoming susceptible to the ideologies[…]
“Now the Muslims will milk this”, read one comment posted online shortly after news that Cape Judge president John Hlophe had embraced Islam before marriage to a fellow judge on Freedom Day. The story made headlines on the front page of the Sunday Times and Cape Argus and has sparked[…]
The names of two iconic Cape Muslims will form part of a naming proposal for the seven footbridges crossing Nelson Mandela Boulevard and Rhodes Drive. Tuan Guru and Taliep Petersen are amongst the list of names, which will be decided on in a public participation process. Residents and interested parties[…]
This was first published as a Thought Leader by the M&G. OPINION by Shireen Mukadam Ever heard of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha? Probably not. Two days ago, they were killed, execution style, in their apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the east coast of the US.[…]
Opinion by Iqbal Jassat During the era of Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet in post-apartheid South Africa, a controversial report on so-called Muslim terrorism marked “top secret” emerged. While the government at the time denied any knowledge of its existence and sought to distance itself from it, the malicious intent of[…]
More than 40 Australian Muslim groups on Monday jointly condemned a siege at a Sydney cafe in which hostages were taken by an armed man and an Islamic flag displayed. “We reject any attempt to take the innocent life of any human being or to instil fear and terror[…]
Before science introduced the concept of facts, religion had already instituted the power of faith. Faith that the prophecies of God will come to pass by observing, not breaking his laws. Faith that nothing is impossible for God. Faith that pragmatic and practical attempts at understanding the facts and the[…]
In a bid to reach out to African communities, an organization known as African Mosques will re-launch what has been dubbed the Shahada Festival in Pretoria this weekend. The Shahadah Festival is an initiative of African Mosques NPC in collaboration with the Jumua Mosque of Cape Town. The Shahada Festival[…]
The founder of what has been dubbed the ‘Open Mosque’ set to be launched this week says their focus is gender equity; and have no ties to any organizations lobbying for equity between people of differing sexual orientations within the fold of Islam. This comes after a week of heavy[…]
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