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EDITORIAL COMMENT The deaths in detention of Imam Abdullah Haron and Steve Biko are commemorated in September. Imam Abdullah Haron was murdered in detention on 27 ­September 1969, while Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko was murdered on 12 September 1977, also in detention. The individual stories of...

After discussing the recent circulation of three sound clips of Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron in the first and second parts his son, PROFESSOR MUHAMMED HARON, in the final part, ­focuses on the responses of the family and community more than 50 years after the event. PART THREE The...

The Imam Haron Foundation is hosting the Imam Haron Memorial Lecture on Sunday September 27 at 7.30pm to commemorate the killing in detention of the Imam by the apartheid regime. The Imam Haron Memorial Lecture will be broadcast on the virtual platform on Sunday September 27 at...

In the first part of this series, PROFESSOR MUHAMMED HARON, discussed the recent circulation of three sound clips comprising dhikrs, a portion of the recitation of the Quran during the Taraweeh salaah and extract of a lecture thereafter by Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron. He now focuses on...

ASHRAF MAHOMED pays tribute to ‘an extraordinary lawyer who stood with poor against the powerful’. A LEGAL giant of the liberation struggle, and perhaps in the history of our country, died of natural causes at 17:30, on September 9, 2020. Our condolences go to his family and...

Moulana TAHA KARAAN, in paying tribute, says there were lessons he learnt from Dr Sulaiman Nordien: let your studies be your passion; and never underestimate yourself. A MAN who combined within himself the rarest set of gifts: the mind of a scientist, the soul of a poet,...

SUMAYA JEEVA looks back on a friendship and mentorship that spanned about 18 years. MY first personal encounter with Dr Sulaiman Nordien was in my early twenties, when my father set up a meeting with him to introduce me to Arabic calligraphy. We met at Masjid ul...

Dr Sulaiman Nordien, a person known for his brilliant mind and expertise in various fields of knowledge, passed away today (Saturday September 5) after a long battle with cancer. MUHAMMED HARON, a professor at University of Botswana, compiled this tribute from messages posted on Nasiha Forum: Many...

DR ESHAAM PALMER points to the ‘unintended’ consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE current COVID-19 pandemic has taken many people by surprise and has generally had negative consequences, with millions of people being infected and hundreds of thousands dying. Occurring simultaneously with the phenomenon of climate change,...

During Ramadaan, this year, more than 51 years after being recorded, a few audio clips of Ash-Shaheed Imam Abdullah Haron were circulated via social media. (Photo IMAM HARON FOUNDATION)