President Jacob Zuma has extended good wishes to all the members of the Muslim community in South Africa as they begin fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. “We wish our Muslim compatriots a blessed and successful Ramadan, as they spend time deepening their spirituality and reflecting on what can[…]
More than a billion Muslims around the world began observing the Islamic month of Ramadan on Sunday. With almost 70,000 Muslims in Ireland, there is a strong possibility that some will be reading this article and/or fasting Muslims will be among readers’ colleagues or neighbours. Ramadan is one of the[…]
A number of congregations in Cape Town have performed janazah salah for the boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday at the age of 74. Heartfelt tributes continue to pour in from all parts of the world – testament to the immense impact he’s life had on others.[…]
Millions of Muslims around the world are marking the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and good deeds . Religious authorities in most Middle Eastern countries announced the new moon of Ramadan was spotted on Sunday evening. Indonesia, the[…]
As Africans make strides toward developing the continent, this week we celebrated the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. On this day, leaders of 30 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Though the OAU was succeeded by the African Union (AU)[…]
The year maybe far from over, but 2016 has already been dominated by European Muslim success stories, taking social media by storm. The latest addition to the growing list of Muslim personalities is the Eurovision Song contest winner – Jamala, 32 from Ukraine. Her song, which evokeed emotional memories of[…]
Arak, daru, sharaab, alcohol. The names may vary by language, but the essence is the same. Depending on which side of fence you sit, these words may conjure up the romance of a Hafiz poem or the sternness of a lecture at the mosque condemning their evils. Some in Muslim[…]
A seven-month-old baby is among 15 American Muslims named in two lawsuits being brought against the US government by the Council of American-Islamic Relations for placing the plaintiffs on the so-called terror watch list without due process. “The terrorism watch lists are premised on the false notion that the government[…]
This Easter weekend, hundreds of Muslims will descend upon the Sheikh Yusuf Kramat in Faure, Macassar, to pay homage to him as well as partake in an annual festival on the grounds below. For the Muslim population, the Sheikh Yusuf Kramat is an important spiritual shrine. The Kramat of Sheikh Yusuf,[…]
A number of Muslims resorted to Facebook this week to express their disgust after they were led to believe that a Spur Steak Ranch kiosk was halal and later discovered it was not certified. The popular franchise sold food to customers at the Junior Argus Cycle Tour last Saturday, an[…]
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