By Rachel Mohamed As we continue to embrace the holy month of Ramadan, many Muslims around the globe abstain from eating food and drinking water from dusk until dawn and embark on their spiritual journey to draw closer to Almighty God (Allah SWT). This is a time of prayer, reflection, strengthening family bonds, and engaging in acts of kindness such as charity, which bring immense rewards to humanity. For new […]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Ramadan, a sacred month in the Islamic calendar, holds profound significance for Muslims worldwide, fostering spiritual reflection, self-discipline, and community solidarity. VOC News delved into the preparations of Cape Town mothers for this auspicious time, exploring their rituals around food, fasting, acts of kindness, and nightly prayers. "Ramadan is a month of the Quran, the month in which the Quran was revealed," reflects Mualima Fairouz Fairuz. "We […]
I think it is time to take the Moulana Dawood Sampson debate to a different level. We have all had our outrage, our evaluations of the impact of his words, and the extent of rebuke by his peers among the clergy. The strategic question, now with just a few days to go in August – Women’s Month – is how we ensure that we can rid Muslim women, the Muslim […]
The world has lost an iconic Quranic voice in the month of the Quran. Shaykh Muhammad Mahmoud al Tablawi of Egypt has died at age 86 - the last of the senior Egyptian reciters of the Holy Qur'an. Shaykh Al Tablawi left his mark amongst the great reciters of Egypt, having developed his own style and form of expression. He dedicated his life as an ambassador of the Qur'an and […]
This opinion piece was written by Fatima Fatima Est for the Daily Vox. More than a thousand years ago, some men wrote against the presence of women at mosques. Contrary to the Prophetic practice where men and women prayed together in the mosque even at night, the accretions of the legal opinions of these scholars over time concluded that women must be excluded from the mosques. Their reasoning – to […]
“It’s a brand new era”, said CEO of Spice Mecca, Shreef Abbas in announcing the 2018 Ramadaan For All Exhibition on VOC this week. The famous home-grown spice company has re-branded its successful Ramadaan expo held annually and VOC has been announced as the media partner for the event. The religious and cultural event will take place at the Castle of Good Hope from Friday 4th May to Sunday 6th […]
A workshop aimed at preparing memorizers of the Quraan (Hufaath) for the coming month of Ramadan takes place in April under the auspicious of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and the Imaamat Council of Mitchell’s Plain (ICOMP). The month of Ramadan is one of the sacred months in the Islamic calendar. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for 29 or 30 days and it is highly recommended they attend a […]
South Africa’s young and brightest Quran reciters will converge on the Nizamye Masjid in Midrand on Saturday 24 February for the annual National Quran Memorization Competition. The event is hosted by the South African National Quran Council (SANQC) and will be broadcast live on VOC after Maghrib. This year is the 12th year of the competition. National coordinator Qari Basheer Patel said the competition has grown in leaps and bounds. […]
Cape Town will witness the first females-only completion ceremony of a group of young hāfithā who will be completing various qirā-āt, under a female teacher at Darun-Na'im Masjid in Wynberg. Mu'allimah Ayesha bint Ganief Abrahams is the only female in South Africa to have attained sanad and ijāzah in the 14 Qirā'āt; the Ten canonical Quranic Readings as well as the four extra canonical Readings. She is the only female […]
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.
