It was an emotional start to VOC’s first Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach for Ramadan 1439 on Sunday, as three people embraced Islam and a nikah was performed at Masjid Manaarul Huda in Manenberg. This year’s AWS initiative has a twist in that VOC has partnered with Discover Islam for a Da’wah programme at each masjid where the outreach will be hosted. Given this component of AWS, a number of non-Muslim […]
In keeping with the theme of social cohesion and social justice in Ramadan, VOC has again taken four masajid under its wings for the annual Ahlan Wasahlan (AWS) outreach project. The AWS project, now in its 18th year, aims to connect VOC with its listeners, through the recitation of Quran. Every Sunday during the month of Ramadan, VOC staff and its structures will be visiting a mosque in an impoverished […]
VOC concluded this year’s Ahlan wa Sahlan 1438 outreach on a high note at the Siddique Mosque in Elsies River, a fitting tribute as Muslims usher in the last few days of Ramadan. The programme was blessed with a dhikr in the usual Gadat laghu from the local community, with a large amount of children among the congregants. A talk by the masjid’s imam Hassim Cassim focusing on brotherhood, the […]
It may have been another icy cold day in the Mother City on Sunday, but the sounds of the Quran inside Masjidul Jumuah in Westridge created a warm and inviting atmosphere, as hundreds of residents gathered for the Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach. The Ramadan spiritual programme, the third for the month, was hosted by VOC and Gift of the Givers, as a project aimed at connecting with the local community […]
“None of us would have imagined that years ago, the athaan and the kalimah would be called out on these dusty dunes.” These were the words of Imam Adam Philander, in praising the development of Islam in the Nkanini community at Masjidu Allahu Akbar in Khayelitsha. The masjid, a tiny, self-effacing structure, was the venue for VOC’s second Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach on Sunday, which drew mostly children from the […]
It was a packed house at Masjidul Jumuah in Delft on Sunday, as VOC marked the first Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach project for Ramadan. As the khatmal Quran got underway, young boys slowly streamed in to join the elders of the community, while the women’s section was filled to the brim with mothers and their daughters. About 1500 residents attended, joining VOC for the mass iftaar prepared by the Gift […]
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.
