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International News

Palestine and the Changing Global Order lecture set to take place in Cape Town

By Rachel Mohamed The Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) and AWQAF SA will host a public lecture titled "Palestine and the Changing Global Order," featuring Wadah Khanfar—author, public intellectual, President of the AL Sharq Forum, and co-founder of the Common Action Forum. Speaking on VOC News Beat representative of the MYM Mohammad Groenewald, “When reading the book, we realized that people often look at history in a very shallow way especially […]

today11 September 2024

News

President shows keen interest in Tuan Guru biography

At a recent dinner hosted by the presidency and attended by a small group of invited guests – including Awqaf SA – President Cyril Ramaphosa was gifted a copy of Shafiq Morton’s From the Spice Islands to Cape Town, the Life and Times of Tuan Guru. The book, which reveals new facts surrounding Tuan Guru’s life at the Cape, has been received with critical acclaim. It is part of Awqaf’s […]

today10 March 2020

News

An insightful and emotional reunion at Tuan Guru symposium

By Yaseen Kippie Imam Abdullah bin Qadi Abdus Salam, affectionately known as Tuan Guru, described by his 5th generation descendent Shaykh Luqman Rakiep as 'an immortal soul', was a pioneer of Islam in the public life of Muslims in the Cape Colony during the 18th century. But if it were not for the strenous undertaking of research and travel done by his fourth generation descendent, the late al-Haj Nurel Erefaan […]

today31 October 2017

News

Tuan Guru symposium promises new insights

By Yaseen Kippie With the recent revival of research into the contribution of Tuan Guru at the Cape, the descendents of the scholar and prince, known for establishing Islam in the public life of Muslims in South Africa, will host a symposium on his life, legacy and family reconnection. The symposium will take place this coming Saturday. Imam Abdullah ibn Qadi Abdus Salam, known by all as Tuan Guru (Master […]

today25 October 2017

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The story of the two Sarahs – Saartjie Baartman and Saartjie van de Kaap

By Shafiq Morton I have been researching a book on Tuan Guru, Imam ‘Abdullah ibn Qadi ‘Abdus Salam of Tidore, one of our iconic historical figures at the Cape. What has emerged, so far, is that what we know is fragmentary, and that we have absolutely no details of his life before his exile to the Cape in 1780. Despite this, a personality does emerge. It is evident that Tuan Guru […]

today23 October 2017

News

Tuan Guru: An exploration of the Imam through new narratives

By Yaseen Kippie Historians have long been trying to join fragmented accounts of Cape Malay history, but newer narratives are coming to the forefront.  One of these fascinating stories is that of religious scholar Imam Abdallah ibn Qadi Abdus Salam. Also known as Tuan Guru, the scholar was exiled to Cape Town in the 18th century, as a result of the Dutch East Indian Company's frustration at Sultan Jalaluddin of […]

today29 September 2017

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