Claremont Main Road Mosque Faith – Compassion – Justice
Daroel Ielm Classes Sept to Dec 2019
Friday Khutbah: 23 August 2019: Kashmir – The Struggle for Self-Determination by Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace Jumu`ah Khutbah Kashmir – The Struggle for Self-Determination Claremont Main Road Masjid 21st Dhu al-Hijjah 1440 Introduction Eighteen-days ago on the 5 August 2019, the Indian government unexpectedly revoked the 70-year old special constitutional status that granted semi-autonomy to the region known as Jammu and Kashmir. The government ... Read More »
Khutbah: Id Al Adha 11 August 2019: Hajj as a Journey of Self-Reflection and Spiritual Rejuvenation
In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace Hajj as a Journey of Self-Reflection and Spiritual Rejuvenation 10th Dhu al-Hijja 1440 ألله أكبر، الله أكبر، الله أكبر، الله أكبر ولله الحمد God is Greater than; God is Greater than; God is Greater than All Praise, Thanks and Gratitude belongs to God Alone وَأَذِّنْ فِي النَّاسِ بِالْحَجِّ ... Read More »
Friday 09 August 2019 – Pre-Khutbah talk: How We Move the Gender Conversation Forward by K Bassier
How We Move the Gender Conversation Forward by K Bassier The ethos of this mosque is deeply rooted in critical traditionalism. That is – striking the balance or mizan between respecting traditional values which inform the platform of Islam but also recognizing that while the values transcend space and time and are therefore universal, the cultural backdrop evolves and therefore ... Read More »
Khutbah: Friday 26 July 2019: The War on the Cape Flats: How Do We Respond? by Imam Dr Rashied Omar at Masjidul Muqarram – Factreton
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace The War on the Cape Flats: How Do We Respond? 23rd Dhu al-Qa`ida 1440 Introduction On Wednesday 17 July 2019 Tasneem Simons, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, was killed after she was caught in crossfire while hanging her washing. Tasneem’s murder was the 20th death as a result of ... Read More »
Khutbah: Friday 26 July 2019: Impunity and the Complicity of Silence by Hafiz Dr. Shuaib Manjra
(disclaimer: when I use the masculine gender for ease, it also includes the feminine) I want to begin by placing the human at the centre of my talk – how we have been honoured as the children of God. God not only says “we have certainly created man in the best of stature”, but also “We have certainly honoured the ... Read More »
There Is A War In Our Midst – We Must Respond
MEDIA STATEMENT 17 July 2019 There Is A War In Our Midst – We Must Respond Working class communities on the Cape Flats are engulfed in a violent and deadly civil conflict. Gang turf wars, drug peddling, violent crime, murders, sexual assaults, killing of children and the incessant breakdown of the social fabric of family and community life are the ... Read More »
Friday: 5 July 2019: Pre-khutbah: Sudan: “Forcing People into Paradise”? Dr Shamil Jeppie
Sudan: “Forcing People into Paradise”? Shamil Jeppie Over the last month we have been watching events in Sudan as the Sudanese people began rising up against the government of the man who has held onto power for three decades, General Omar el-Bashir. When the Egyptians rose up in 2011 and Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office there were only ... Read More »
Khubah: Friday 28 June 2019: Bidding Farewell to the Pilgrims (Hujjaj) by Imam Dr. A.Rashied Omar
In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace 24th Shawwal 1440 We have reached the last jumu`ah service of the lunar month of Shawwal. During the coming week, insha-Allah, we will enter the lunar month of Dhu al-Qa`idah. The lunar month of Dhu al-Qa`idah is the second of the three months of hajj. Allah, the Sublime, ... Read More »