South Africa has once again shown it has some special tourism offerings, this time flying the flag higher in the realm of the Muslim Travel Market. SA took fourth position – moving up from last year’s 5th position – when it comes to being an appealing destination for Muslim travellers,
By Ashraf Hendricks Designer and graffiti artist Quasiem Gamiet has lived in Salt River for more than 20 years. Gamiet has been spray painting murals and other artwork across Cape Town for the past ten years. Earlier this month, Gamiet took GroundUp on a guided tour of some of Salt
What Is Miraj? Deriving from the root uruj meaning “to ascend, to rise,” the word miraj means “a vehicle for ascending.” As a term it refers to the Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) ascension to the heavens and his rise to Allah’s presence. Islamic sources generally take up the event of the
By Rafieka Williams The latest offering by satirical cartoonist Zapiro has caused yet another stir prompting outrage from the public calling for the cartoonist to be taken to task. The cartoon draws on a rape metaphor as a critique of the current political climate where the South African government has
By Rafieka Williams Cape Town came to a stand still today as residents and workers in the city heeded to the call for a National Shutdown. Civic organisations called on all South Africans to come together, down tools and join hands in protest action on April 7th. The CBD was
Muslim women face many barriers when it comes to keeping fit and upholding principles of modesty at the same time but thankfully Nike are working on a solution. Finally, female Muslim athletes are to be suitably represented in the world of professional sportswear as the brand announced today that it
A Muslim fashion designer has made history as the first ever designer to feature hijabs in every outfit on a New York Fashion Week catwalk. Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan, 30, delighted crowds with her Spring Summer ’17 collection D’Jakarta. Models wore flowing trousers and skirts in silk, lace and chiffon
Five years ago, a Muslim woman in New York decided to invite other women to experience what life is like in America when you wear a hijab. Nazma Khan said she wanted to foster religious tolerance and fight stereotypes about women who choose to wear the hijab, a traditional headscarf
While many of us only dream of performing Salah in the third holiest masjid of Islam, devotees from around the world have in recent years annually travelled to East Jerusalem for a spiritual journey like no other – I’tikaaf in the precinct of Masjid al-Aqsa. Mussalies’ discovered within the besieged
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
