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Fin24
April 1, 2018
“Sharia investing is for Muslims looking to invest based on Islamic principles, but it also appeals to non-Muslims looking to diversify their portfolios by ... type of products and reward structures, the next step is investigating how new products can be launched into South Africa and the rest of the continent.
News24
April 1, 2018
Stats SA figures from 2016 show that South Africa is home to 892 685 Muslims, 43.4 million Christians, 5.9 million people who claim to have no religious ... “Currently 2% to 3% of the South African population is Muslim, while the majority of South Africans associate themselves with the Christian faith, yetÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 31, 2018
The Association of Muslim Schools was established in the late 1980s. However, this was not in the U.K., but in Durban, South Africa. The impetus for establishing AMS was that Islamic or Muslim Schools had a need for guidance. Such guidance would help the schools better create a curriculum that wouldÃâà...
JNS.org
March 29, 2018
Cape Town Imam Riyaad Fataar Calls on All Muslims, Free People Worldwide to Support Jihad in PalestineIn a Friday sermon delivered at the Masjid Al Furqaan in Cape Town, South Africa, Sheikh Riyaad Fataar said that the Al-Aqsa Mosque was "slipping from the hands of the Islamic nation... becauseÃâà...
Cleveland Jewish News
March 29, 2018
Quoting Saladin and saying that Muslims “are staying in Jihad in order to get rid of the Zionist occupier,” Sheikh Fataar, who is the Deputy President of the Muslim Judicial Council of South Africa and the imam of the Husami Masjid in Cravenby, a suburb of Cape Town, called upon all Muslims in the world toÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 8, 2018
South African human rights activists have written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, slamming South Africa's “shocking disregard for the loss ... it is supported by Jamiatul Ulama South Africa, Palestinian Solidarity Alliance, Muslim Lawyer's Association, Polokwane Muslim Trust Welfare Fund andÃâà...
Salaam Gateway
March 8, 2018
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) is taking precautionary measures against meat products imported from South Africa. ... "Local authorities should step up screening of South African meat and its products and ensure that only safe-to-consume meat is available in the UAE market.
eNCA
March 7, 2018
While the couple has yet to be found, this is the first indication that the duel South African-British passport holders may no longer be alive, although ... Sayefudeen Del Vecchio, 37, and Fatima Patel, 27, who are married under traditional Islamic law, and 19-year-old Thembamandla Xulu - who lived with theÃâà...
Fin24
March 7, 2018
Since South Africa tested the market, Nigeria and Kenya have also sold sovereign dollar-denominated sukuk. While much of the uptake for the Islamic bonds is expected to be from foreign investors, there is local appetite for Islamic investments too. South Africa has a sizable minority Muslim population.
Telegraph.co.uk
March 7, 2018
The alleged kidnappers of a British couple who went missing in South Africa plotted to kill the "infidel non-believers" in an Islamic state-inspired plot. Rodney, 74, and Rachel Saunders, 63, went missing on February 12 near the Bivane dam in the north of KwaZulu-Natal province, reportedly after assistingÃâà...
Face2Face Africa
March 5, 2018
The South African High Court is set to issue a ruling on a case filed by the Women's Legal Center (WLC) in 2014, a non-profit law organization assisting women with legal services in South Africa, demanding legal recognition of Islamic marriages. In the suit, WLC accuses the South African government ofÃâà...
BBC News
March 2, 2018
South African police are asking the public for help in finding a missing couple who were kidnapped last month in a case with suspected links to the Islamic State group (IS). Rodney Saunders, 73, and his wife Rachel, 64, have dual South African and British citizenship. Three suspects have been remandedÃâà...
Livemint
February 25, 2018
The incident had prompted the British government to issue a travel advisory about possible terrorist attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, but local Muslim organisations have dismissed this as an “overreaction”. Ebrahim Deen of the Afro-Middle East Centre told the weekly that South African MuslimsÃâà...
africanews
February 23, 2018
The couple, a 74-year-old man who moved from Britain to South Africa in the 1970s and his South African-born wife, 63, both have British and South African nationalities. Security officials and experts say there are no known Islamist militant groups operating in South Africa, where Muslims make up less thanÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
South African police are asking the public for help in finding a missing couple who were kidnapped last month in a case with suspected links to the Islamic State group (IS). Rodney Saunders, 73, and his wife Rachel, 64, have dual South African and British citizenship. Three suspects have been remandedÃâà...
Raconteur
December 31, 1999
Now this growth is also being fuelled by demand from Africa's 250 million Muslims in the continent where Islamic banking first put down roots 55 years ago. Regulatory body ... Growth could also be limited in countries such as Kenya and South Africa, where Muslim populations are smaller. Yet Mr ObieroÃâà...
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