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Meeting with a group of Muslim students from different South African universities
I met this morning with a brilliant group of Muslim students from different South African universities. I learnt from them about the aims and nuances of the student movement that is taking place these days in South Africa. I gave them my opinion: 1. Muslim students have to participate in the South African and global student movements that are calling for justice and equity. 2. Muslim students have to give an example of balance; they are part of the justice movement but they also do not condone injustices and aggression against innocent people. 3. Muslim students should not expect...
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Meeting in the Parliament Building in Cape Town with MP Mandla Mandela
An amazing meeting in the Parliament Building in Cape Town with MP Mandla Mandela, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela and current Chief of the Mandela tribe, who recently embraced Islam by the way. The purpose of the meeting was to explain to him the new project of the Graduate School of Maqasid Studies at the International Peace College of South Africa, and to ask for his support. He related to us very interesting details about Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Muslims and Islam; how Nelson Mandela during the years of the Struggle escaped for 3 years with the help...
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Praying by a Non-Muslim?
Question I am originally Christian and for the last year I have been discovering Islam. I have now stopped going to church and praying according to the Christian tradition because I gradually became unconvinced of the key Christian teachings about Jesus. I am missing prayer very much, and I would like to pray in a Muslim way – however, I am not yet ready to convert fully and accept all the teachings of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) as I still have many questions unanswered. Is it allowed to perform Salat and go to a mosque without being...
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Should Muslims in the North Fast 23 Hours a Day?
Summary This article surveys the different opinions regarding the maximum length of fasting for Muslims living in northern regions of the globe. My main concern is to ease the hardship that a sizeable population of Muslims may experience this year and in coming years as a result of fasting an exceptional number of hours. The point is to facilitate fasting during Ramadan and not to avoid fasting or to postpone it for another time or place. Many scholars have tried to answer the question of how long a Muslim should fast in the summer of the northern regions of...
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