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As the first openly gay Imam, Muhsin Hendricks fearlessly championed an all-inclusive, compassion-centered Islam, dedicating his life to creating safe spaces for queer Muslims, and redefining faith as a source of healing rather than harm.
“Two unknown suspects with covered faces got out of the vehicle and started firing multiple shots at the vehicle. ”
The recent decision by the Department of Home Affairs to issue Muslim marriage certificates has drawn the ire from the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC).
In a groundbreaking move towards religious inclusivity, the Department of Home Affairs has begun issuing official certificates recognising Muslim marriages, with Cape Town's Mayor praising the historic development.
At the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM), emotions ran high as it celebrated and honoured those past and present, who had played a pivotal and long-standing role in the mosque as it commemorated its 170th anniversary.
All Imams are urged to attend the session on Saturday, August 17, from 9am to 12pm at the Al-Azhar High School on Birdwood Street and Newton Avenue in Athlone.
According to Acsa, searches are designed to be conducted on all travellers, even when there is no trigger from the security checkpoint.
Questions about racial representation in the KZN cabinet threaten the fragile coalition.
Abrahams was suspended last year as president amid an investigation into alleged financial irregularities and a new executive council with Sheikh Riyaad Fataar appointed in the position last month.
Political parties, organisations, and trade unions gathered for a media conference in Salt River, Cape Town, on Thursday, calling for the genocide in Gaza to stop and for people to come in their numbers to the march planned for Saturday.
In a statement on Wednesday, the SA-based certification body MJCHT said it commits itself to ethical business practices in line with international law and human rights.
The Muslim Judicial Council’s Halaal Trust announced it would decline, refuse, and not certify any goods or services emanating from Israel.
The group of religious leaders and delegates hope to come up with solutions to change the trajectory of South Africa and divert it from the crises it is experiencing currently.
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) president Shaykh Irafaan Abrahams is seeking the Western Cape High Court’s hand to prevent the religious authority body from conducting an early AGM later this month, to elect a new Executive Committee.
The MJC said it intended, with its special elections, to elect new executive members.
Family of two slain cousins who were popular in the Muslim community said they didn’t know about their murders.
The salah facility at the Mowbray Cemetery is now open to the public.
The MJC SA described Cassiem as an honourable and beloved husband, father, and anti-apartheid activist.
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has issued a fatwa (decree) regarding the washing of a deceased transgender person before burial.
The Muslim Judicial Council has issued a ruling on exactly who can and cannot conduct the Ghusl, or ritual washing and shrouding of a dead transgender Muslim before burial.
According to the South African Hajj And Umrah Council (SAHUC), 3,500 South African pilgrims have been accredited and embarked to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year.
The delegates discussed the need for greater investment in Islamic education at the tertiary level, as well as ways in which South Africa and Perlis could collaborate.
The Muslim Judicial Council (SA) pledge its full support to Gift of the Givers initiative to negotiate the release of Gerco van Deventer who has been held hostage since 2017 in Mali.
For over a century, the burial grounds lay vacant, with the last burial recorded in 1896. The cemetery saw its first burial on Saturday, after the cemetery had formally reopened on Friday.
While observing the month of Ramadaan, Muslims across Cape Town will be happy to know a Muslim cemetery that has been closed in Cape Town since its last burial in 1896 will be reopening on Friday.