By Dr Salim Parker I looked at the photo. It was a black and white one, looking faded as you would expect a fifty-year-old, frequently exposed to the elements polaroid to be. Yet, its texture was pristine, a tribute to the loving nature with which it had been handled and looked after. It was being shown to me by a fifty-three-year-old gentleman who had come to consult me for a […]
This forms part of Dr Salim Parker's hajj stories, which can be found at hajjdoctor.co.za The huge bear of a man towered over the nearly anorexic skeleton of his small wife. ‘They’re arguing again,’ someone remarked. We were all assembled in the huge breakfast buffet area of the five star hotel in Makkah about two weeks before Hajj. I was afraid that just by brushing lightly at her with his […]
Madinah. The City of Peace, Tranquillity and Light. Hajj was still a few weeks away and most of the pilgrims who arrived early that year were bathing in the serenity of the Prophet’s City. She was on her first Hajj and was excited about the journey. She was young and accompanied by her husband and, just like all normal couples, divided their days between visiting the Prophet’s Mosque for the […]
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.
