By Kouthar Sambo Speaking on The Voice of the Cape’s (VOC) breakfast show this morning, the chairperson of the Kalk Bay Committee Mohamad Fredericks said that the residents were thrilled to hear the athan (to listen) for the first time from the Mosque, Masjidul Jaamia in Kalk Bay last week. “We have been dwelling on this since last year when we established the new committee in February of 2022. We […]
By Aneeqa du Plessis Situated in the heart of Wynberg, the sixth oldest mosque in the country, Yusufeyyah Masjied is being desecrated daily after a group of homeless people have erected informal structures on the perimeter of the mosque. This is according to the secretary of the Yusufeyyah Masjid, Yunus Karriem. “The mosque was established 1867 and is rich in history. It sits in the middle of the Wynberg transport […]
Hundreds of demonstrators staged a protest Friday outside the Israeli Embassy in London against attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem, reports Anadolu Agency. Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and Jewish Voice for Labors were among the participants. Decrying recent Israeli attacks on Palestine, the crowd chanted slogans in solidarity with Palestinians, including, "Free Palestine." Along with Palestinian flags, protesters were carrying signs that read: "Stop arming Israel", "End Israeli Apartheid", […]
Gulf states have condemned the bombing of a mosque inside a police compound on Monday in Pakistan that has left over 60 people dead, most of them police, and prompted the government to put the country on high alert. The attack happened during afternoon prayers in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to the tribal areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising. A frantic rescue mission was underway […]
INTERNATIONAL Saudi Arabia has launched a set of robots equipped with artificial intelligence technology in the Grand Mosque of Mecca, which will help worshippers during their visit to the holy site. Unveiled over the weekend, the robots will communicate public messages, such as sermons and prayer calls, from the imams and muezzins to pilgrims. Visitors can use their smartphones to scan the robot's barcodes to show content such as verses from the […]
By Tasneem Adams An exquisite new masjid officially opened its doors for worshippers at Canal Walk during Jumuah on Friday. Muslim employees and patrons had for years made use of a small salah khana under the canal bridge, however, given the growing numbers of musallees, a plan was put in motion for a fully-fledged masjid. A thikr was held on Thursday night to honour the opening of the masjid. Founder […]
Emotions were intensified in New Zealand today as a life sentence was handed down to 29-year-old terrorist Brenton Tarrant – who massacred 51 musallees at the Al Noor and Linwood Masajid in Christchurch during Jumuah prayers on 15 March 2019. In a landmark ruling, Judge Cameron Mander said the white supremacist would be given a life sentence without the possibility of parole on Thursday – the first of its kind […]
In announcing the purported “historic” normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates – which a host of Palestinian voices have slated as treacherous, US President Donald Trump and his cohorts were keen to sweeten the proposition by suggesting that the deal would afford free access to Masjid al-Aqsa for Muslims from around the world. “This deal will allow much greater access to Muslims from throughout the world to […]
Friday’s historic prayers in Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque have marked the first acts of worship there in 86 years. Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the traditional Friday prayers both inside and outside the historic mosque in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis. A Turkish court on July 10 annulled a 1934 Council of State decree that had turned Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way for its […]
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.
