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New prayer room at Christian Barnard hospital launched

While a hospital can be a place of anxiety and fear, a quiet place for reflection and prayer makes a world of difference to patients, visitors, doctors and staff members in a bustling healthcare facility. Islamic prayer rooms for men and women have therefore been incorporated in the new Netcare Christiaan[…]

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The young Muslims finding love via an app

Arzo Kazmi has been looking for a husband for some time. But eight years of matchmakers, mutual friends, and dating websites have been futile in finding that special someone. “It feels like for ever,” says the 33-year-old financial adviser from Birmingham who is of Pakistani-Kashmiri heritage. As most of her[…]

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Two Muslim NY women subject to hate crimes

Two Muslim women working for authorities in New York suffered hate crimes just 36 hours apart, officials said Monday, following an explosion in such incidents across America since Donald Trump’s election. A uniformed city transit employee was taken to hospital with injuries to her knee and ankle after being pushed[…]

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MJCHT seeks to align halal standards at PNP

Following a string of publicized operational breaches, the Muslim Judicial Council Halal Trust (MJCHT) says its confident halal standards will improve at supermarket chains in the next few months. The Halal Trust met the top management of Pick ‘n Pay in the Western Cape last week to discuss the importance[…]

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Tributes for CT icon ‘Mr Gangraker’

Well known Cape Town businessman Abdullah Gangraker passed away on Sunday, after an illness. ‘Mr Gangraker’ is considered an icon in the Cape Muslim community and was a philanthropist and multi-faceted man in business. His multi-million rand empire, the Wembley group of companies, including the famous Wembley Roadhouse in Belgravia[…]

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Omar Mateen: Psychopath and Non-practicing Muslim

OPINION by Ayesha Moola People around the world, including Americans, honored the memory and mourned the loss of a great man. They looked in amazement and astonishment at how this hero found peace, comfort and acceptance in his religion. This man, an American Muslim, was Muhammad Ali and his religion[…]

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‘We have to protect Tana Baru’

While Muslims have managed to preserve the history of Islam within the Cape, the alleged desecration of the Tana Baru cemetery by illegal occupants has raised further concern. According to the Tana Baru Trust, a family who has resided intermittently on the land for the past 32 years, refuses to[…]

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Muhammad Ali: The face of ‘real Islam’

At a time when Muslims in America are facing scorn and bigotry, the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali should be remembered as the true, peaceful face of Islam, residents of his home town say. Hundreds of people filed past his childhood home in Louisville on Sunday, now a museum dedicated[…]

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