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Court rules that the late Imam Abdullah Haron’s death was not accidental but a murder by Apartheid regime

By Kouthar Sambo "Takbeer, Allahu Akbar! Takbeer, Allahu Akbar (magnification of God)!" These were the glorious echoes of supporters at the reopened inquest of the late cleric and Apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron, which reverberated throughout the corridors of the Western Cape High Court today. This comes after Judge Daniel Thulare delivered the final verdict of the late Imam's death. Judgement "The cause of death of Imam Abdullah Haron is […]

today9 October 2023

Local

Haron family closer to justice as closing arguments in inquest wrap in High Court

By Aneeqa du Plessis After more than 53 years, the Haron family are now one-step closer to hearing the truth in their father’s death. This comes as closing arguments in Imam Abdullah Haron’s reopened inquest were wrapped up in the Cape High Court yesterday. The anti-apartheid activist was detained for 123 days, interrogated daily and kept in solitary confinement without trail until his demise in 1969. The initial 1970 inquest […]

today26 April 2023

Local

Fatiema Haron wraps up her testimony in reopened inquest into her father’s death

LOCAL The youngest daughter of anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron, who died in police detention in 1969, has wrapped up the testimony in the reopened inquest into his death. Fatiema Haron Masoet has asked the High Court in Cape Town to overturn the original inquest finding of 1970, that no one is to blame for her father’s death. The court has also heard the testimony of former political detainees, who described their […]

today17 November 2022

Local

Events leading up to Imam Haron’s death do not make sense: Forensic pathologist

LOCAL A forensic pathologist has told an inquest into the death of struggle cleric, Imam Abdullah Haron, that she’s identified several procedural irregularities in Haron’s post-mortem report in 1970. The reopened inquest is continuing at the High Court in Cape Town. Dr Itumeleng Molefe says the chronology of events leading up to Haron’s death does not make sense. Haron was arrested in May 1969 and detained in Cape Town. He was found dead […]

today10 November 2022

News

It’s not about revenge, its justice – Imam Abdullah Haron’s family confident as historic death inquest commences

VOC The family of martyred Imam Abdullah Haron are anxious as the first day of the historic inquest into his death finally got under way in the Cape High Court on Monday. The highly anticipated inquest follows decades of efforts by justice-seeking family and friends of the martyr, who spent 123 days in apartheid custody before his demise in September 1969. The imam of the Claremont Road masjid was 45 […]

today7 November 2022

Features

Paying tribute to the enduring legacy of Imam Haron

By Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar On Wednesday the 27th September 2017 we commemorate the 48th anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Abdullah Haron. After being held incommunicado for 123 days by the South African state security in an apartheid prison, Imam Haron died on September 27, 1969. During an inquest into his death, police argued that the injuries he sustained were from falling down a flight of stairs at […]

today27 September 2017

News

Annual Imam Haron lecture to focus on the state of universities

While the late Imam Abdullah Haron is generally remembered as a revered hero in the struggle against Apartheid, the great impact that the imam had within in his own community is not widely known. Members of the public are, therefore, invited to 11th Annual Imam Haron Memorial Lecture in which his work within society is discussed. The lecture, which will be rendered by Judge Zakeria Yacoob, is pertinent to the […]

today13 October 2016

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