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.

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Al Quds Foundation SA February 2010

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One of the leading scholars in the world, described as the Shaikhul Mashaikh (scholar of the scholars), Egyptian born Sheik Yusuf al Qardawi (83) will be paying his first visit to South Africa in April. According to the president of the Muslim Judicial Counil (MJC), Maulana Igsaan Hendricks, the visit is an especial honour for South Africa since the alim is now in the process of winding down his internatinonal travels.

"He will be coming to South Africa in the first week in April only for five day, as guest of the MJC. We expect it to be a very high level visit since the sheik has requested to meet both former president Nelson Mandela, current president, Jacob Zuma, as well as SA's Muslim leadership. The sheik recently travelled to China on a historic visit - shortly after our visit there to meet local Muslims - and a visit to Malaysia where he received the Hijri Award. He is now in the process of winding downs his travels due to his age and we have impressed upon him that he could not conclude his travels before visiting South Africa. Alhamdulilah, the sheik accepted our invitation," Hendricks told VOC on Saturday.