Islam in Khayelitsha vibrant, despite the odds
“None of us would have imagined that years ago, the athaan and the kalimah would be called out on these dusty dunes.” These were the words of Imam Adam Philander, in praising the development of Islam in the Nkanini community at Masjidu Allahu Akbar in Khayelitsha. The masjid, a tiny, self-effacing structure, was the venue for VOC’s second Ahlan Wa Sahlan outreach on Sunday, which drew mostly children from the […]
