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Cape Town academic Dr Hoosain Ebrahim passes away

Prominent Cape Town scholar Dr Hoosain Ebrahim passed away on Friday at the age of 76 years old. Dr Ebrahim has over thirty years organisational and teaching experience and taught at the Islamic College of South Africa (ICOSA), The Institute of Islamic Shariah Studies, Jam-Iya-Tus-Sabr Madrasah and Adult classes, at[…]

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Relief as Shaykh Bassiouni is released

There was tears of joy and relief on Tuesday morning as Egyptian South African scholar Shaykh Abdu Salaam Bassiouni was released from an Egyptian prison after being held captive for 485 days. It marks the end of a year and half long ordeal for the family, who lobbied South African authorities[…]

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Scholar debunks claims in ISIS letter

A prominent South African scholar has demystified the spurious contents of a letter purported to have been sent by a South African now living in the so called Islamic State (ISIS); the second such message to have appeared within the last week. The scathing letter, signed by Port Elizabeth born[…]

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Yemeni scholar in city

The Cape Town Muslim community will be treated to a series of lectures by Yemeni born scholar, Al Habib Umar bin Hafiz, who is in Cape Town between the 10th and 15th December. The scholar is hosted by the Mahhabah Foundation. A descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), Hafiz is[…]

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Ml Bham condemns Mufti Menk attack

Following the attempted assault on renowned Zimbabwean scholar Mufti Ismail Menk, secretary general of the Jamiatul Ulama South Africa Moulana Ebrahim Bham has voiced his concerns about the incident. “This particular aspect of extremism which has reared its head in our community perturbs me tremendously,” Moulana Bham told Radio Islam.[…]

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Mufti Menk ‘attacked’

A group of men have attempted to assault renowned Zimbabwean scholar, Mufti Ismail Menk. The incident took place at the Overport City Shopping Centre in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday evening, 18th August. According to a source, Mufti Menk was at the shopping centre and as he was about to leave, a[…]

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