ISLAM

AMINA WAGGIE MISSION Dawah South Africa, established in 2014 by Suhayl Schroeder and Natheer ­Hendricks, has been taking dawah to the next level in ­teaching others about Islam. They have been doing this by taking the information to the people instead of waiting for the people to...

By DR AUWAIS RAFUDEEN SHAIKH Yusuf of Macassar is undoubtedly regarded as one of the most prominent figures in South African Muslim history, and in particular, is seen as a major inspiration for the ­establishment and continued flourishing of Islam in Cape Town. One of his titles...

DR ESHAAM PALMER MUCH misinformation and untruths have been written by Orientalists about the Prophet (SAW) in respect of the non-Muslim wives he married. In my research, I have had to sift through various sources to attempt to arrive at the most truthful version. The Prophet (SAW)...

Advocate FATIMAH ESSOP, a PhD candidate at UCT, commences a new series on Muslim marriages with a discussion on the various options open to Muslims in South Africa when concluding a Muslim marriage.   ‘And He has placed between you love and mercy…’ MUSLIM marriages are still...

JASMINE KHAN HOPEFIELD, a small town on the West Coast, was founded in 1853. When the R45 road was re-routed around the town, the infrastructure of Hopefield gradually shrunk and became geographically and economically isolated. Ghaironesa, a revert, and her husband have lived in Hopefield  for 30...

RUDEWAAN ARENDSE HOW certain are we that the food we eat is halaal? Can we trust that when we see a Halaal logo at a food or eating establishment, it is halaal? Do we believe the Halaal certifying bodies (HCBs) – MJC Halaal Trust, SANHA, NIHT, ICSA,...

ADVOCATE FATIMAH ESSOP A MUSLIM marriage concluded by nikah only can be dissolved by death or divorce. In this issue, I will only focus on dissolution by death and its implications in both Islamic law and South African law. If a couple was married by nikah only...

VANESSA RIVERA DE LA FUENTE THIS is an excerpt of my intervention in the interreligious days for women, held in Santiago de Chile in May: I am grateful to the Interfaith Group of Feminist Theologians and Women of Faith for remembering my spiritual affiliation and giving me...

MAHMOOD SANGLAY THE visit of the president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Shaikh Irfaan Abrahams, on May 14, to the Imam Husain Mosque, in Verulam, where 34-year-old Abbas Essop was murdered, was an important moment for the MJC to declare its rejection of sectarian violence in...

MAHMOOD SANGLAY OVER 40 organisations and leaders made a public call for support of the Cape Accord on June 3, at Masjidul Quds, in Cape Town. The initiative follows a series of lectures at the same mosque in Ramadaan, on June 11, 2017, on the theme ‘An...