VIDEO LINK AT END OF TEXT In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace Claremont Main Road Masjid Monday 12th September 2016/10th Dhu al-Hijja 1437 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 ... Read More »
FRIDAY 2 SEPT 2016 (PRE-KHUTBAH) UMAR AL-GHUBARI (From Palestine) Umar al-Ghubari is a group counselor, political educator and documenter of the Palestinian Nakba. He is co-ordinator of the Space for Return initiative of Zochrot, the Israeli NGO which raises awareness about the ongoing Nakba in the broader Jewish Israeli public, to create the conditions for the return of Palestinian refugees and a shared ... Read More »
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace Khutbah – The Role of Non-Pilgrims in the Hajj We have reached the final week of the eleventh hijri month of Dhu al-Qa`ida 1437 AH. At this time our hujjaj (pilgrims) are eagerly anticipating the beginning of the final lunar month of Dhu al-Hijja. For it is during ... Read More »
CMRM Wishes All Hujjaj a Safe Journey to Makkah al-Makarramah On Sunday 7 August 2016, CMRM Congregant, Soraya Manie departed for Makkah to perform the Hajj and `Umrah from her residence in Rondebosch East. As is customary in the Cape many of Soraya’s family and friends gathered to greet her and wish her well on this sacred journey. Imam ... Read More »
In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace 24th Shawwal 1437 Towards a Fiqh al-Muwatana (Jurisprudence of Citizenship) الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ Introduction On Wednesday, 3 August 2016, South Africans will convene our fourth non-racial municipal elections to elect new local councils for all municipalities in the country. ... Read More »
PRESS STATEMENT – 26 JULY 2016 CMRM Condemns Inhumane Killing of Catholic Priest The Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) congregation strongly condemns the brutal killing of an 85 year-old Catholic priest by two ISIS/Da`ish supporters during a mass at a Church in Normandy, France. The inhumane and gruesome killing of the elderly Father Jacques Hamel and the sacriligeous violation ... Read More »
This poster was designed by architect, Yusuf Patel of Durban. Yusuf, like all of us, was deeply pained by the spate of suicide bombings and killings that took place in several parts of the world during the final days of Ramadan 2016 and continuing since then. The wave of violence resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people and the maiming ... Read More »
Claremont Main Road Mosque Faith – Compassion – Justice