Barely a week after the arrival of another descendant of the Prophet Muhamad (PBUH) to Cape Town, a second scholar - this time one of the imams of the Haram Makkah - is expected to arrive in Cape Town on Sunday. According to the president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Maulana Igsaan Hendricks, Sheikh Khalid al Ghamidi will be the guest of the MJC during his three day stay in the Mother City.

"Besides the fact that he will be visiting the offices of the MJC, he will be visiting some important Islamic centres. He will also be performing salah at one or two of our important masajid here in Cape Town. Because of his short stay we will try to spread him around the various mosques. Hopefully, in the next day or two we should be ready to announce his official program," Hendricks said.

The President of the Muslim Judicial Council, Moulana Ihsaan Hendricks will lead a delegation traveling to Newcastle and the surrounding areas, on Thursday, 18 February 2010  and will be returning on Sunday, 21 February 2010 Insha Allah.

Members of the delegation include Second Deputy President, Sheikh Ihsaan Taliep and Secretary General Moulana Abdul Khaliq E Allie.

The primary objective of the journey is to bring awareness on the current state of affairs of “Masjid ul Aqsa Al Mubarak” and the Zionist program of annihilation of its sanctity from Islam and the Muslim Ummah.

The Muslim Judicial Council has sent a senior delegation of Ulema to perform Salaatul Istisqau in drought stricken George. Salaatul Istisqau which took place at 2pm on Sunday 14 February on an open field in George came as a response to an appeal made to the MJC in early February, which called for assistance to help alleviate the worst drought in the area for the past 140 years.

MJC Meets with Foreign Diplomats

The Muslim Judicial Council hereby wishes to report that the Presidency of the MJC has met with the Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa as well as the Saudi Arabian Ambassador, Mohammed bin Mahmoud bin Ali Al-Ali, who recently attended the opening of Parliament.

Ramzy Baroud Visits South Africa

Moulana Ihsaan Hendricks also welcomed writer Ramzy Baroud, who was in South Africa to launch his latest book “My father was a freedom fighter”. Ramzy Baroud also headed a media seminar on “The media’s coverage of the Gaza war”, which took place at IPSA.

Youth for Al Quds Programme

The Youth for Al Quds programme took place at Darul Islam mosque in Surrey Estate on 12 February 2010. The programme included a presentation on Lessons on the Life of Salahudien.

[Please Click here to view PDF of Lessons on the life of Salahudeen]

The MJC leads prayer for rain in George

The Muslim Judicial Council has sent a senior delegation of Ulema to perform Salaatul Istisqau in drought stricken George. Salaatul Istisqau which took place at 2pm on Sunday 14 February on an open field in George came as a response to an appeal made to the MJC in early February, which called for assistance to help alleviate the worst drought in the area for the past 140 years.

The delegation included the Head of the Fatwa Department, Moulana Yusuf Karaan, Secreatry General,Maulana A.K .E Allie and Senior Council members, Sheikh Omar Gabier, Sheikh Abdul Hamied Gabier and Imam Allie Gierdien. Salatul Istisqau was lead by Sheikh Abdul Hamied Gabier. Sheikh Omar Gabier offered the 250 people who gathered for prayers naseegah on the importance of reconciliation between the community and the importance of living with kindness and compassion.

"Ramzy Baroud's sensitive, thoughtful, searching writing penetrates to the core of moral dilemmas that their intended audiences evade at their peril. Few are spared his perceptive eye, and only the morally callous will fail to respond to his pleas to look into the mirror honestly, to question comforting beliefs that protect us from facing our elementary responsibilities, and to act to remedy the terrible misery and injustice that he exposes to our view, as we surely can."  -- Noam Chomsky.

The Muslim Judicial Council President, Moulana Ighsaan Hendricks welcomed the prolific Palestinian-American journalist, author and former Al-Jazeera producer during his recent visit to South Africa on 12 February 2010. Baroud is in South Africa to launch his latest book titled “My Father was a freedom fighter”.

Ramzy Baroud taught Mass Communication at Australia's Curtin University of Technology, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle. Baroud's work has been published in hundreds of newspapers and journals worldwide, including The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times, The Miami Herald, The Japan Times, Al-Ahram Weekly, Asia Times and nearly every English language publication throughout the Middle East.