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‘The police have failed us,’ says Hanover Park imam as protests for peace continue

By Aneeqa du Plessis As criminality continues to plague the Hanover Park community, residents once again took to the streets to protest against the ongoing gang violence perpetrated in the area on Sunday. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Monday morning, Imam at Masjidun Nur, Moulana Yazeed Benjamin said despite the large turnout, residents need to make a concerted effort to show their support. “Last week we saw numbers close […]

today28 August 2023

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US: New Jersey imam stabbed in mosque while leading prayer

An imam at a New Jersey mosque was stabbed while leading the fajr (morning) prayer over the weekend, according to local authorities and community members. The incident took place on Sunday morning at the Omar Mosque in Paterson, New Jersey, around 5:30 am local time. When Imam Sayed Elnakib and the rest of the congregation, which included about 200 people, were kneeling for prayer, a man lunged forward with a […]

today11 April 2023

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Pathologist denies ‘fall’ killed Imam Haron during day 5 of inquest

As day five of the inquest into the death of Imam Abdullah Haron gets underway at the Cape High Court, Forensic Pathologist Dr Segaran Ramalu Naidu took to the stand to dispute the original cause of death purported by the apartheid’s state security was indeed false. According to Dr Naidu, there was no account of an investigating officer at the time. Among other obvious irregularities, the injuries to the body […]

today11 November 2022

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Israeli court releases imam detained over anti- occupation activism

The Israeli Supreme Court approved on Thursday the appeal filed by the defence committee for Palestinian citizen of Israel, Sheikh Yousef Al-Baz, 64, from the city of Lod and ordered to place him under restrictive conditions. The Supreme Court returned Al-Baz's case file to the Israeli District Court in Lod to determine the conditions for his release by electronic registration. On 10 August, the Lod District Court extended Sheikh Al-Baz's […]

today23 September 2022

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IDP to address conditions of imams

Awqaf South Africa embarked on a three day masjid tour where the organisation visited 22 Islamic institutions in the emerging communities of Cape Town.  The aim of the visit was to meet with the imams of these institutions and to assess their needs and conditions of how they operate - and to get a broader understanding of the dynamics of the communities. A member of the Al-Kauthar Institute, Shaykh Bilal […]

today23 November 2016

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