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MJC engages with the Iranian Ambassador to South Africa and Global Analyst Sami Hamdi

By Rachel Mohamed The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC-SA) recently met with His Excellency Mansour Shakib Mehr, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to South Africa. They held a closed strategic session in Cape Town with notable geopolitical analyst Sami Hamdi. According to the MJC, these high-level and strategic engagements continue to deepen matters concerning justice in the Middle East, particularly on the Palestinian cause, which is occurring against […]

today30 June 2025

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The Cape Town Ulama Board strongly condemns the recent attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the Cape Town Ulama Board has strongly condemned the recent attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States (U.S.). Speaking on VOC's PM Drive show, Mufti Sayed Haroon Al Azhari, President of the Cape Town Ulama Board, stressed the urgent need for the global Muslim ummah to transcend sectarian divisions in the face of ongoing aggression. "Iran is standing for justice, and […]

today25 June 2025

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Hamas: “We strongly condemn the American threats and reject the ongoing Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran”

"We strongly condemn the American threats and reject the ongoing Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which constitutes a blatant violation of international law and a direct threat to regional and global security and peace." This statement was issued by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, in response to military threats from the United States toward Iran—tensions that are pushing the region to the brink of conflict. Hamas also […]

today18 June 2025

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Analyst: “The agreed so-called ceasefire only benefits Israel because it removed Hezbollah”

By Kouthar Sambo Amid a time of great geopolitical fractures in the Middle East, the Russian/Ukraine war, and the United States' (US) role in the political landscape, an international relations expert and a Mail and Guardian Columnist Donovan Williams provided a comprehensive, yet punchy breakdown of the most pronounced geo-political developments that unfolded throughout the year. The Government of National Unity (GNU) - how the dynamic impacts SA politics "We […]

today24 December 2024

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Dr. Ramzy Baroud: “Biden and his administration had numerous opportunities to back out in support of Israel, but he played along as a democrat does””

By Kouthar Sambo While former president Donald Trump, who is up against current vice-president Kamala Harris, is currently taking the forefront in the United States (US) polls, analysts state that both parties are peas in a pod, aligning with America's policies of continuing to fund Israel's ongoing Israeli aggression in the Middle East. Speaking to VOC News, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, a renowned Palestinian journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle, who […]

today5 November 2024

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Ramaphosa urges immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East

President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again called for the cessation of hostilities in the Middle East conflict. Israel has increased its bombardment in Lebanon following the Iranian missile attacks earlier this week. A Hamas leader, his wife and their two daughters have been killed in an Israeli strike on northern Lebanon. In Gaza, over 45,000 people have been killed since the war broke out in October last year. Less than 2,000 were killed […]

today6 October 2024

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What are the sentiments in Iran following the missile strike?

By Rachel Mohamed The United Nations Human Rights Council has shown grave concern with the widening hostilities in the Middle East and their potential to overwhelm the entire region. This comes after Iran launched a missile attack on Israel Tuesday evening (1 October), in response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and many others. Israel attacks have intensified in Lebanon leading to questions on the future of the […]

today3 October 2024

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The Middle East and its move away from oil and gas

In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cut as the world economy entered into a period of 'heightened uncertainty and rising challenges'. In October, OPEC cut its 2022 forecast for growth in world oil demand for a fourth time since April and also trimmed next year's figure, citing slowing economies, the resurgence of China's COVID-19 containment measures and high inflation. […]

today6 January 2023

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Stolen antiquities trade fuels conflict in Middle East, report says

INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of thousands of artefacts have been stolen from war-torn countries in the Middle East in the past decade, with funds from the sale of looted treasures used to fuel further conflict, a new report has said. The Docket, an initiative of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, said on Wednesday it had tracked 300 cases in Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq in which items were pillaged from museums, archaeological sites, universities, and religious locations. The items […]

today9 June 2022

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