The masjid is the most important institution in Islam. During the lockdown, masaajid across Cape Town will be impacted as their doors remain closed, leaving no opportunity to do daily and weekly collections. These collections are essential to the upkeep of the masjid and to provide a salary to officiating imams. VOC is calling upon all masaajid to submit their banking account information to the station via info@vocfm.co.za so that […]
The Australian man accused of killing dozens of Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand in March last year entered a surprise guilty plea to all 51 charges of murder at a special session of a Christchurch court on Thursday. Brenton Tarrant, who appeared by video link, also pleaded guilty to 40 charges of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act. The 29-year-old had previously pleaded […]
OPINION by Ebrahim Rasool A Moment of Rupture Globally the community of Muslims has had to make an almost unprecedented decision: whether to close the mosques for both the communal daily prayers as well as the Friday prayers in response to Covid-19 or coronavirus. That the majority of clergy and congregations have taken the cautious and preventative route is a tribute to the reasonable, and maybe survivalist, gene within this […]
The Muslim Judicial Council has lauded the positive spirit of Malmesbury residents and says its encouraged by the display of unity and harmony in the community, in the wake of last week’s brutal murders at the mosque. The community has been rocked by the murder of two Muslim men stabbed to death inside the mosque during itikaaf on the last day of Ramadan, allegedly by a Somali national with a […]
While a dark cloud hangs over the Malmesbury community after last week’s senseless murders, some residents believe the tragedy has brought the small community of together during this time of grief and pain. Malmesbury, a small town 65 km north of Cape Town, has been rocked by the murder of two musallees at a local masjid in the early hours of Thursday morning – allegedly at the hands of a […]
A British court has sentenced the man who carried out a deadly vehicle ramming attack near a mosque in London last year to life in prison. In June, Darren Osborne killed one worshipper and wounded several others in the Finsbury Park area of North London while the area was busy with worshippers leaving late evening prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. On Friday, a judge sentenced Osborne to […]
A Bomb blast at a mosque in Nigeria has killed 50 people. According to reports, a teenage suicide bomber attacked worshipers on Tuesday during morning prayers in Mubi, Adamawa State, which is located in northeast of the country. The number of injured has not been officially confirmed at this stage. Governor Muhammed Umar Jibrilla Bindow has since called for calm. “The bomb blast is undoubtedly a setback to […]
Social media users have voiced frustration at what they described as a double standard after a mosque was bombed in the US. The explosion at around 5am local time (09:00 GMT) at the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, caused damage but did not cause any casualties. Worshippers had been preparing for the dawn prayer when the attack happened. There were between 15 and 20 people inside the […]
The suspect behind the Finsbury Park mosque attack was named on Wednesday as Darren Osborne, a 47-year-old married father of four, living in Cardiff. Osborne ploughed a van through a crowd outside the north London mosque at about 12:20am on Monday, injuring 10 people and leaving an elderly man who suffered a heart attack dead. Witnesses said the driver of the vehicle had shouted "I want to kill all Muslims" […]
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.
