`Id al-Fitr is truly a day of great joy and celebration, but it is also a day of reflection and introspection. It is, therefore, fortuitous that this year our `Id al-Fitr celebration takes place on the eve of National Youth Day celebrations and reflections. The 16th of June 1976 represents a watershed moment in the Read more about Celebrating and Embracing Youth Activism[…]
Greetings of peace to you beloved elders, leaders, activists; brothers and sisters in Islam! Assalaam Alaikum. It is the Grace and Mercy of Allah this year, 2018; Eid-ul-fitr falls on the eve of the commemoration of the National Students Uprisings of 1976, which began in Soweto on June 16. You may ask yourself: What does Read more about Our People First: Reclaiming the Spirit of 16 June 1976[…]
Tomorrow, 16th June, South Africa will be commemorating the revolutionary sacrifices and gains made by the generation of 1976, when young school students rose up and took a stand against an oppressive government and an exclusionary education system. Their resistance was rooted in their pursuit of liberation through Education and governed by Black Consciousness. However, Read more about Soweto ‘76 – Reclaiming our heritage, envisioning our Future![…]
This years TIP Family Eid Gah now in its fourteenth tear was even bigger than previous years. The keynote talk was given by Sister Tshegofatso Masibi, also a regular TIP congregant. She is an entrepreneur and owner of Ditiro Media and is a convenor of Beyond August Project, an initiative that focusses on critical dialogue Read more about TIP’s Fourteenth Family Eid Gah now bigger than ever[…]
It is with deep sadness that we at the Claremont Main Road Masjid (CMRM) received the tragic news of the brutal killing of two worshippers who were completing their month long fast of Ramadan while in a spiritual retreat (`itikaf) at the Malmesbury masjid outside Cape Town yesterday morning. Police reports indicate that a suspect Read more about Condemnation for Attack on Malmesbury Worshippers[…]
Are you an individual or part of a family that recently embraced Islam? Or an individual or part of a family that doesn’t have extended family or many close friends? We understand that you may be dreading the thought of spending the day of Eid alone. We at ILM-SA, a Durban based charity would like Read more about ILM-SA hosts family Eid Gah at Essenwood Park[…]
If you have not experienced the TIP family eidgah, this year may be the time to do so. TIP is making history by offering a sign language service for the deaf muslim community. Zohra Moosa who is deaf and teaches at Ethembeni school has guided us through the process of starting this initiative. Asiya Essop Read more about TIP Family Eid Gah-14th year[…]
On Thursday 10 May 2018, South Africans witnessed an unprecedented and horrific attack on the Imam Husayni Mosque in Ottowa, about 30 kilometers from Durban and a few kilometres from Verulam. The assailants of this mosque brutally murdered Mr. Abbas Essop by slitting his throat and stabbed two others (Muhammad Ali and the local Imam, Read more about Call on Hawks to find perpetrators of Mosque Attack[…]
Imam Afroz Ali’s two-day lectures on the “Nature of Ethics: A Ghazalian Paradigm” at the Suleman Lockhat Audiotorium on Saturday and Sunday 2-3 June 2018 was such a success that plans are being made for a return, extended visit. He said that people were looking for a blueprint for life – now they can better Read more about Imam Afroz Ali at Suleman Lockhat Auditorium[…]
Imam Afroz Ali will be conducting two one day workshops at the Suleman Lockhat Auditorium, 222 Kenilworth Road, Overport. The first workshop on Saturday 2 June 2018 is on the Nature of Ethics: a Ghazalian Paradigm and will be held between 13.30 and 16.30. On Sunday 3rd June he discusses Wellbeing and Transformative Living between Read more about Worskshops by Afroz Ali at SLA[…]