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21ST EDITION
Keeping you in contact with your comm unity
MAY2008 - Rabi Al-Akhar 1429
Inside this issue
Its About Me
PAGE 3
Youth Media Pilot
Project
PAGE 5
Wat Sal Die Nabi
Gedoen?
PAGE 8
ISLAMICMEDIAAGENCYCCCK 2002/001313/23
Editor: Sanaa PetersenReligious Contributors:
Dr Abdul MalikPrinters: Independent Group
Contributors: Mariam Salie, RoshaanMisbach and Nabeweyah Malick
466 Lansdowne Road,Lansdowne 7780
Tel: 021 697 2294 Fax: 021 697 2304Email: [email protected]
Website: www.islamicmedia.co.za
Waheed Hassens 15- pagehandwritten confessionrevealed that widow Najwa Pe-
tersen pulled the trigger. Taliep
was an innocent person. I could
not pull the trigger. Taliep was
as meek as a lamb that would
not harm anyone.
Hassen is accused number 3
in the murder of EntertainerTaliep Petersens execution-
style shooting on the night of
December 16 2006.
These are extracts from
his confession admitted as
evidence in the Cape High
Court on 23 April 2008. They
start at the point where he
and his friend Jefferson
Snyders have entered the
Petersen family home and
bound Talieps hands behind
his back. The spelling is as in
the original.
Then I saw the woman [Na- jwa Petersen] was peeking
her room she then immedi-
ately came out, with me and
Jeff still holding him by his arms
because he would not submit
as we wanted to tie his feet,
she [came] to us as if she was
willing to guide us through the
house and grabbed the man
hugging him as if it was the last
goodbye, tears flowed from his
eyes as he realized that she
was in on the whole thing. But
what seemed strange to me
is that with all the drama that
unfolded he headbutted her
as if he did not want her close
to him, at this point in time
Jeff gave him one very [hard]
kick and he went to the tiled
floor the blood came out of his
mouth and nose.
But he would not give up mov-
ing so I sat with my knees on his
back wile Jeff and the woman
bind his feet with a kind of lace
table cloth that was on the ta-
ble. After that she grabbed him
by the cheeks and she kissed
his face... Najwa hugged my
left arm and said in Afrikaans
you must shoot him you must
shoot him, hanging on me, I
kept my focus on the robbery
and walked with her to anoth-
er room and looked for more
valuable items but could not
find anything because she was
leading me to Boeta Taliep,
May the Almighty Allah make
his grave wide and grant him
Paradise she begged me in
front of him to shoot him....
At that point in time I saw the
Jeff was sitting on his knees
before Boeta Taliep and Jeff
stroked his hand over his head
wiped his face and the glove
was out of his mouth, All I could
hear from him was there is no
God but the one and only God,
Mohammed is the final mes-
senger from God. He said this
repeatedly as I went back to
the room to fetch a pink col-
oured cushion.
I was afraid of him becausehis faith so much stronger
than mine and he was not
the man of that caliber that
Fahiem had made him out
to me and told Najwa do it
yourself as I put the gun in
the cushion, I actually folded
the cushion like you would
fold a news paper, but with
the guns barrel in the scnter
of the cushion. I kept it with
both my hands on the out-
side of the cushion, she was
standing on my left hand side
about two feet away from her
own husband.
At that time I was looking to
my right to see where Jeff is
and in a split second I felt her
hand between mine, one sin-
gle shot rang thru my ears she
screamed. I sanked so low it
was like a scene from a movie,
I knew I had to get away now.
His confession was accept-
ed into evidence by the High
Court, the case continues.
Villain or Victim - Did She Kill Taliep?By Sanaa Petersen
Protestors outside Cape Town High Court
Petrol to Cross theR9 a Litre MarkPetrol price will hike up a fur-ther 55 cents a litre as of 7May, according to the Minerals
and Energy Department. This is
applicable for all grades of pet-
rol while the wholesale price of
diesel with a sulphur content of
0.005 percent will increase by
72 cents a litre. The wholesale
price for illuminating paraffin
also rises by 55 cents a litre,
single maximum national retailprice for illuminating paraffin
by 74 cents a litre. According
to the department, the increase
is due to the average interna-
tional product prices of petrol,
diesel and illuminating paraffin
increase.
Snapshot on the past 6 months:
December:
up by 43 cents a litre
January:
unchanged at R7.47 inland and
R7.33 at the coast
February:up by 17 cents, the lowest in-
crease this year
March:
up by 61 cents a litre
April:
up by a record 68 cents a litre
May:
up by another 55c to cross the
R9 a litre mark
Government Gets R4bnfor Poor PlanningThe huge increase in the elec-tricity price was the result ofpoor planning and management
on the governments part, so it
should not be allowed to get tax
income from that, the Business
Day reported on Friday. The
government would get a R4bn
boost in taxes if Eskom was al-
lowed to increase its prices by
a nominal 60%, the newspaper
said.
If the National Energy Regu-
lator of SA (Nersa) grants the
hike, Eskom has projected that
it would make a pretax profit of
R12.7bn.
At a tax rate of 28%, the extraor-
dinary tariff hike would generate
almost R4bn in tax, which would
see the government profiting
from its own bad judgment. The
newspaper quotes an unnamed
director of a listed company as
saying: If the tariff increase is
granted it will constitute a steep
tax on consumers, due to a situ-
ation created by the bad plan-
ning of the state. This is ridicu-
lous. SARS should waive the
tax.
Changed received from a purchase of
lip balm at a chemist in Uganda during
March 2008. Currency converter. 1
South African Rand = 224.244 Uganda
Shilling and 1 Uganda Shilling (UGX) =
0.004459 South African Rand (ZAR)
Mustafa Jonker
Alleged Terrorist
My Story
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NEWS BITESCOMPILED BY SANAA PETERSEN
The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Co-
satu) has begun a campaign of massaction against the soaring prices and
the electricity crisis by submitting notic-
es to allow it to organise stayaway pro-
tests, said Peter Craven spokesperson
for Cosatu.
The increases that we negotiated last
year may have seemed good enough
at the time, but they have been more
than cancelled out by rising inflation,
said Craven.
In South Africa, the position was even
worse as a result of criminal price-fix-
ing, which had already been proven in
the bread and dairy sectors.
Greedy companies, under cover of the
global price rises, are getting together
to put up their prices even higher, so
they can make even bigger profits at
the expense of their consumers.
Anticipating that the electricity short-
age and oil supply crisis would put jobs
at risk, Cosatu said it would not allow
workers to pay the price for something
not of their own making.
We are worried about the current roll-
ing blackouts. Employers in the mining
industry estimate that we may lose up
to 30 000 jobs if the rolling blackouts
continue.
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MJC Pep Wins Labour Job Creation
Trust Best Project Award
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Dubai to build museum of Prophet
Muhammad (SAW)
The government of the booming
emirate of Dubai has decided to
build the worlds first museum dedi-
cated to the life and legacy of Proph-
et Muhammad (saw).
In the history of Dubai, this museum
will stand as a shining milestone as
it will give the world an opportunity to
learn about the life and message of
Prophet Muhammad, said Omer bin
Suleiman, the managing director of
the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad bin
Rashed al-Maktoum, also the prime
minister of the United Arab Emirates,
has asked the Authority, only formed
in March, to immediately proceed with
the museum plan.
The museum, believed to be the first of
its kind in the world, will be dedicated
entirely to the life of prophet Muham-mad. It will chronicle the life of the
prophet and introduce the visitors to
the main stops including his marriage,
the beginning of Gods revelation, the
demise of his wife Khadijah, the inci-
dent of Al Israa and Al Miraj, migration
to Madinah, the conquest of Makkah
and the prophets death.
The project also clearly indicates that
Dubai is keen on playing its role not
only as a bridge between the East and
the West, but also between the Islamic
world and the rest of the world.
Professor Hussein Solomon Sued
for Defamation
The Association of Islamic Madaris
(Lajnatul Madaarisil Islamiyyah) has
lodged a defamation suit against Pro-
fessor Hussein Solomon for claim-
ing that madaris were being used for
military training and were a breeding
ground for terrorism.
Professor Hussein Solomon is the
director of the Centre for Political
Thought at the University of Preto-
ria and delivered a speech in Israel
at an international anti-terror con-
ference claiming that Muslims were
being prepared psychologically for
terrorism and that the local Muslim
community was volatile and wouldprovide safe-houses and money to
potential terrorists. Solomon also
said that South Africa was supporting
global jihad networks by providing
safe houses, moving funds, providing
ID`s for terrorists, and allowing para-
military camps. He added that gov-
ernment maintained an ideological
blindness which equates the anti-
apartheid struggle with the global ji-
hadist battle and as such was burying
its head in the sand on terror.
The Girl Child WorkshopPEG launched its Girl ChildWorkshop on Sunday 20thApril, at the Savoy Lodge in
Rondebosch East.
The workshop was attended by
a diverse group of young ladies,
ranging in age from 13 to 19. One
of the exercises required a pairing
of the girls, and it was great to see
that they could not stop talking to
each other.
PEG feels very strongly that be-
cause of the challenges facingyoung people, they should be nur-
tured and encouraged. The girl
child will become the woman, and
the woman has been blessed with
the Raheem, the mercy of Allah.
No creation of Allah enters the
world, except through the womb
of a woman. This is how special,
how sacred, and how honoured a
woman is. The workshop aims:
To make them aware of how the
physical changes in their bod-
ies will affect them emotionally.
To equip them to effectively
manage their emotions so that
they may develop into women
with a healthy sense of self-
worth.
To recognize and understand
their temperament, and how
this will impact on their lives.
To provide them with the skillsto make responsible choices in
relationships, careers and ulti-
mately, a life partner.
The programme concluded with
lunch during which the girls gave
their evaluation of the programme.
The feedback was positive and it
was agreed that they would all get
back together during the June va-
cation. The workshop will be run
on a monthly basis
Clockwise from left: Zulfah Dolley, Maghmuda Abrahams, , Layla Solomon, Mariam
Abrahams, Taheera Rahman, Ayesha Bharoochi and Aneekah Mohamed
The project manager of the Agricultural
Resource and Information Training
Centre (AgRIC), (r-l) Yasier Gabriels,
Ms Zanele Mbeki and Nomonde Nofuma,
an emerging farmer who is one of
the beneficiaries of the MJC Poverty
Eradication Project
Workers protesting against the sharp price increase on food, electricity and petrol
outside the office of Local Government: Premier Ebrahim Rasool in Wale street, Cape
Town on 24 April 2008.
Cosatu - Stayaway Protests on the Cards
The Human Rights Foundation and Human Rights Ac-
tivists welcomed Adalah, an independent, non-govern-
mental and non-partisan legal center, registered in Israel
to protect human rights and the rights of the Arab minority
in particular to Cape Town during April. Adalah (Justice
in Arabic) visit is to appeal to international institutions and
forums to pressurize Israel to protect the rights of its citi-
zens and Palestinians. In October 2000 thirteen Palestin-
ian 1948 borders, were killed by Israeli Police Forces, the
murdered victims are Emad Farraj Ghanaym, 25years
shot in the head; Walid Abdul-Menem Abu Saleh, 21years
shot in the abdomen; Ramez Abbas Bushnaq, 24years
shot in the head; Mohammad Khamayseh, 19years shot
in the knee; Omar Mohammad Akkaw, 42years shot in
the chest; Wissam Yazbak,25years- shot execution style;
Mohammed Ahmed Jabreen, 23years- shot in the left eye;
Ahmed Ibrahim Siyaam Jabreen, 18years shot in the
buttocks; Rami Khatem Ghara, 21years shot in the eye;
Eyad Sobhi Lawabny, 26years shot in the chest; Ala
Khaled Nassar, 18years shot in the chest; Asel Hassan
Asleh, 17years shot in the neck from behind. Adalah
has earnestly tried to have the killers prosecuted and af-
ter eight years the Israeli courts closed the cases, citing
insufficient evidence . To assist Adalah and for more infor-
mation log onto www.adalah.org
SA Welcomes Palestinian Parents Of Murdered Children
ADALAH lawyers and parents of murdered Palestinian children 1948 borders at a seminar hosted by PSG and District Six Museum
on 23 April 2008.
SAXONSEA HARDWARE & GIFTS
To speak a kind word and to forgive peoplesfaults is better than charity followed by hurt .
Allah is All-Suff icient, All-Forbearing
Cnr Hermes Avenue & Grosvenor roads, Saxonsea, Atlantis, 7349Tel: 021 572 5466/ 4560 Fax: 021 572 7189
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SA National Zakaah Fund
Spreading Wings Of
Compassion
Over three decades of involvement
on a community level, SANZAF
was compelled to develop a blue print
to reach out and empower communities
with the emphasis on children, the aged
and families in need of social reconstruc-
tive services. Our outreach programmes
strives for an infrastructure that would en-
able SANZAF and other organisations to
implement various sustainable projects in
areas historically deprived and neglected
areas.
Additionally, SANZAF responds to dis-
asters with the sole aim of providing hu-
manitarian aid to victims affected by fires
and floods. The combination of torrential
rain and floods during the winter season
proves to be devastating, as many victims
experience huge losses when their dwell-ings and possessions are destroyed.
SANZAF responds by providing food,
clothing and blankets, and in some cases
materials to rebuild the dwellings of the
victims. SANZAF workers and volunteers
are always ready to morally support and
counsel the traumatized victims.
Each year planning for operation Fitrah
and Fidayh commences two months
prior to Ramadhan. During this period,
full-time staff and volunteers attend to
referrals, interview applicants, conduct
home visits, assess needs and update
records of families in need. Additional
part-time offices are organized for the
month of Ramadhan to cope with the
caseload of approximately 12,500 fami-
lies. During the month of Ramadhan
SANZAF (Western Cape) must raise at
least R1.5million to assist needy families
in the Cape Peninsula, Boland, Garden
Route and Westcoast areas. The object
of Fitrah is to ensure that every Muslim
man, woman and child, be free from want
on the auspicious day of Id that marks the
successful completion of the sacred fast
of Ramadhan.
The well known Hadeeth Poverty breeds
disbelief strongly motivates the need and
purpose of the SANZAF Dawah and
Quran literary programmes to uplift thepoor and needy educationally and spiritu-
ally. Due to the socio-economic situation
and lack of employment opportunities the
decline in spirituality has reached critical
levels. Our Dawah and Quran literary
programmes have proven that people
who are spiritually uplifted, cope better
with their problems and have confidence
of a better future.
SANZAF Spreading Wings of
Compassion
Contact SANZAF at:
Operations:
22 The Masjid Cornflower Street
Bridgetown, 7764
Tel: 021 638 5108
Email: [email protected]
Special Projects
No 1 Thornton Road, Athlone, 7764
Tel: 021 638 0965
Email: [email protected]
Zakah A Means
for Poverty Allevia-
tion, Development
and Empowerment
Its About Me For WomenThe Islamic Media Agency (IMA)launched a creative writing clubtitled Its About Me for girls and
women on the 12 April at the Country
Manor, Schaapkraal.
The Its About Me launch attracted
over 80 women from diverse envi-
ronments with a common vision of
sharing and preserving home-grown
stories and real experiences. The
club is about using the tool and skill
of writing to develop and support the
positive growth of girls and women,
said Sanaa Petersen, founder of the
club and CEO of the IMA.
In addition to promoting literacy and
encouraging writing, its core element
is to help women recognize the nega-
tive elements including stereotypes,prejudice, conditioning, expectations
and fears (external and internal) that
inhibit the individuals true potential.
Nabuweyah Malick, Public Relations
of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC)
Media Desk and co-ordinator of the
MJC-Womens Forum expressed the
importance of reading varied publi-
cations, by being exposed to varied
situations and difference of opinions,
Ive develop to be an individual think-
er, more tolerant, appreciative of ex-
pression and much wiser and braver
in recognizing and countering propa-
ganda and untruths.
Guest speaker, Rayhaana Davis,
who has written her first book titled,
Doldrums that Cultivates, shared
with the participants her relationship
with writing. As an adult, I discov-
ered that whenever I was angry, I
was always frantically looking for a
pen and paper, from that realization,
I just started writing and writing, I am
busy writing my second book, said
Rayhaana. But this was not always
the case, her past was very different,
young Rayhaana, an under-achiev-
ing student at school assumed by
family and friends to be nothing more
than average, excelled through her
writing. When I was young I wrote
my first short story and showed it to
my sister, she laughed and said no-
one would read it, it was stupid. After
that traumatic experience I threw myshort story in the bin, thinking it was
stupid, said Rayhaana. But as grow-
ing up, been exposed to a different
environment, sometimes challeng-
ing, she realized that writing calmed
her. She then revitalized her love for
writing and has since published her
short story in the You magazine and
another in a health magazine, with an
international publishing house print-
ing her first book and soon a second
book.
Lauren Bates, a young poet, shared
a different style of writing, her poem
titled, Daddy Goodbye (see page 10),
left many in tears. Caroline Davids, of
the Tibb Institute, implored the wom-
en to start caring for themselves, We
are constantly looking after others,
but when are we going to start caring
for the most important person in our
lives and that is us, women?
After all the inspirational speakers,
Sanaa Petersen, facilitated the first
lesson on the topic, Its About Me.
She dressed as an astronaut, to help
the participants visualize the impact
that negative thoughts has on their
development and choices in life. Af-
ter the mental exercises, participants
revisited their first writing experience,
drawing their story outline with cray-
ons. At the end of the first lesson
each participant, received a creative
writing toolkit, which consisted of anideas box and creative writing journal
with getting started writing tips and
course outline.
The Course outline for the next
three months:
May 2008 - Deconstructing the self
from the environment, using visuals
and art materials.
June 2008 - developing an outline
(road map) which includes your vi-
sion, outcomes and purpose of your
role (s) - (Envisioning the self in the
future, from the past and present),
using character sheets - create char-
acter sheets of individuals that influ-
ence/impacts on our development
and self.
July 2008 - start writing first draft
from outline
August 2008 - focus on usage of
words/ terminology to identify stere-
otyping, prejudice, discrimination etc.
within thinking patterns.
The duration of each workshop is 1
X 3hour workshop per month at the
following venues, starts 14 May 2008
and ends 17 August 2008
IRFSA Welcome Estate/Heide-
veld Wednesday 7 to 9pm (one
Wednesday, per month)
MJC Boardroom Athlone
Saturday 11 to 1pm (one Saturday,
per month)
Kalksteenfontein Masjid Sunday
11am to 1pm (one Sunday, per
month) for more information con-
tact Sanaa on 021 697 2294 or 074
2274345 or sanaa@islamicmedia.
co.za
The course ends in a celebration of
stories on the 20 August supported
by the MJC Womens Forum
Going back to being a child: Women drawing with crayons, this
exercise helps in a fun way to identify individuals, events, factors that
impacts on a womans development.
The girls of the Kalksteenfontein area - Nabuweyah Thorn, Sharifa
Donson (15), Galiemah Samsodien (14) Naiela Petersen (15) Sulayla
Adendorf (15) and Fadwa Thorn (18) with their Its About Me
creative writing toolkit.
Sanaa Petersen, founder of Its About Me club, dress as an astro-
naut, to assist women with mental exercises in visualizing negative
thoughts that stifles growth and new experiences.
Women at the Its About Me launch participating in the mental
exercises
Sincere gratitude to our visionary sponsors/partners of the Its About Me creative writing club launch - geared to develop girls and women through
sharing and preserving of home-grown stories.
AdvocateMuhammad Abderouf cell 083 7319816
Albaraka Bank 42 Corner Klipfontein and Belgravia Roads,Athlone
Tel : (021) 637 8800
Amiena Bhayat
Anwa Shabodien 021 531 7037
Cosy Corner Restaurant and Take-Aways 119 Ottery Road, Wynberg
Karriem Adams Colorado Park Masjied
Kwantu Private Game Reserve 083 500 0344/www.kwantu.co.za
MRC Development Consultancy Mickaeel Collier-021 706 0048
Muslim Hands S & H Centre, No.1 Carnie Road, Rylands Estate,
Tel: 021 633 6413
Muslim Judicial Council Womens Forum 021 696 5150
SA National Zakaah Fund 1 Thornton Road, Athlone, 021 633 1555
Tibb-Institute SA, Dr Rashid Bhika IRFSA, 5th Avenue, Heideveld
021 638 4487
Washiela Nagiah and Fuad Sonday Trust
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What the 2007 matric results
say about the state of our
country.
The racial breakdown of the 2007
matriculation results, released
by the Department of Education
last month, provide an important
insight into the cause and ex-
tent of the crisis currently facing
South Africa. The Department
points out these statistics "cannot
be regarded as completely reli-
able" based as they are on self-
reporting. There are pupils who
refuse to classify themselves by
race and others who misclassify
themselves by mistake. Last year,apparently, numerous Indian and
black pupils erroneously classi-
fied themselves as Asian.'
Last year 591,251 pupils wrote
the government matric, 386,051
(65,3%) passed, and 89,838
(15,1%) passed with exemption
- the minimum grade needed to
progress on to university. In ab-
solute terms more pupils passed,
including with exemption, than
ever before. However, there was
a small decline in both the pass
and exemption rates. See Table
3. In assessing the overall state of
education one also needs to factorin the 7632 pupils at independent
schools who wrote the separate
IEB exams: 7283 passed (98,9%)
and 5780 (78,5%) passed with
exemption. See Table 4.
When one breaks these figures
down by race, they reveal how
little progress has actually been
made since the end of apartheid
in extending quality education to
disadvantaged Black and Col-
oured South Africans.
Last year 277,941 (60,6%) of
black pupils passed matric. This
is a doubling of the number who
passed in 1991 and it represents
a fifty percent increase in the pass
rate. However, when one looks at
the exemption
rate this bright
picture dims con-
siderably. 49,950
black pupils
passed the gov-
ernment matric
with exemption
last year, up from
30,389 in 1991.However, the
exemption rate
(10,9%) is no
different now to
what it was then.
See tables 1 &
2. The Eastern
Cape had the
worst pass rate
for black pupils
(54%) as well
as the worst ex-
emption rate (6,9%). This lack of
improvement has been achieved
despite the equalisation of funding
for school children; the integration
of formerly white, Coloured, andIndian schools; and, the end of
the politically inspired disruption
of schooling by the ANC and its
allies.
The statistics for the 34,741
Coloured pupils who wrote the
government matric suggest that
something catastrophic has hap-
pened to education in the Col-
oured community since the ANC
came to power. The pass rate for
these pupils has dropped from
82.8% in 1991 to 78% last year.
More worryingly, only 15,4%
(5367) of the these pupils passed
with exemption. This represents
a decline of almost a third in the
exemption rate from 1991 when it
stood at 21,9%.
These statistics suggest that, out-
side of Model C and independ-
ent schools, black and Coloured
pupils are being deprived qual-
ity education; without which theycannot progress into the profes-
sions or compete with the children
of the middle classes.
The pass rates for Indian and
white pupils are largely un-
changed from 1991, although
the number of white pupils writ-
ing the government matric has
now declined by over a third. The
matric exemption rate for Indian
pupils has increased from 49,5%
in 1991 to 55.2% last year. For
white pupils it has increased from
41,5% to 52%. This increase is
largely a reflection of the soften-
ing of standards in the new matric
relative to the old one.
While white and Indian pupils are
still able to ac-
cess reason-
ably good edu-
cation through
the school sys-
tem, as soon
as they leave
matric they are
faced with a
wall of state-s p o n s o r e d
racial dis-
crimination. In
2001 the racial
composition of
the population
was estimated
at 79% black,
8,9% Coloured,
9,6% white, and
2,5% Indian.
The intention
of the ANC is that every sphere
of human activity in South Africa,
at every level, should conform to
these proportions. Racial discrimi-
nation is regarded as necessaryand justified until demographic
representivity has been achieved
everywhere. As the party's 2007
Strategy & Tactics states, the need
for such measures will only de-
cline when "all centres of power
and influence and other critical
spheres of social endeavour be-
come broadly representative of the
country's demographics."
The effect of these measures, ever
more strictly applied, is to prevent
young Indian and particularly
white South Africans from pursu-
ing their ambitions in the land of
their birth. What this means is
that the country either loses these
youth to other countries or refuses
to take full advantage of the abili-
ties of those that remain. South
Africa thus deprives itself of many
of its best and brightest minds.
White and Indian pupils made up
9,5% of all those who wrote the
government matric in 2007, 14,1%
of those who passed it, 33,1% of
those who passed with exemp-
tion, 42,2% of those who passed
with merit, and 77,5% of thosewho passed with distinction.
In the early 1990s it was known
that there would be a shortage
of at least half a million skilled
workers - professional, techni-
cal, highly skilled, executive and
managerial' - by the end of the
decade. The ANC responded to
this challenge by creating a truly
perverse system. On the one
hand it has fostered a dysfunc-
tional school system which pre-
vents most pupils from realising
their real potential through educa-
tion. On the other hand it refuses
to utilise the skills and talents ofmany of those that do manage to
gain a decent education because
they are of the wrong' colour. It
is a system to the benefit of no-
one but a hyper-privileged ruling
elite; which has fixed the rules to
ensure that they do not have to
compete with individuals from ei-
ther the racial minorities or the still
disadvantaged majority.
Table 1: 1991 matriculation results by race
Race Candidates Passes Exemption
Number Proportion Number Proportion
Black 280918 114695 40.8% 30289 10.8%
Coloured 22405 18557 82.8% 4911 21.9%
Indian 14258 13558 95.1% 7062 49.5%
White 65933 63504 96.3% 27356 41.5%
Total 383514 210314 54.8% 69618 18.2%
Source: SAIRR, Race Relations Survey 1992/1993
Table 2: 2007 government matriculation results by race
Race Candidates Passes Exemption
Number Proportion Number Proportion
Black 458836 277941 60.6% 49950 10.9%
Coloured 34741 27101 78.0% 5367 15.4%
Indian 13534 12590 93.0% 7475 55.2%
White 42617 41921 98.4% 22145 52.0%
Other/unknown 41523 26498 63.8% 4441 10.7%
TOTAL 591251 386051 65.3% 89378 15.1%
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Theresa Jackson is 11years old and lives with her grandmother in Kalksteenfontein
and attends Montana Primary School. pic Sanaa Petersen
2007 Matric Results Catastrophic for Learners of ColourBy James Myburgh
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The Islamic Media Agency (IMA)has over the past two years,through its publication, Community
News, developed a youth media
studies project to support young
persons understand the media
environment, its functionality and
the impacts that it has on their
development. Last year the IMA
periodically tested the journalistic
aspect of the project on the 2007
Matriculants of the Al-Azhar High
school in Athlone. The result was
a huge success culminating in a
one-page school newsletter in the
Community News, sourced, written
and photographed by the students.
Two exceptional students were
Zachareeyah Panday, 17 years,
who submitted throughout the yearnewsworthy photographs that was
published and designed the logo
of the IMA. The other student was
Wi-ahm Petersen, 16 years, who
compiled a matric finale article, in-
terviewing and encouraging five of
her peers to submit their comments
within the deadline.
The second part of developing the
youth media studies was to intro-
duce the media including its tools
and techniques, to young persons,
ages 14-18years, that are not ac-
tive in mainstream schooling. The
Imaam adopted the Ibn Al-Jazariy
Hifz Academy, Masjidus Sunni in
Kromboom. The Academys prin-
cipal is Sheikh Abdal Rasheed
Brown, whom we are eternally
grateful to for providing us this
platform. First the students were
quite apprehensive about the new
lessons and couldnt link their im-
mediate environment to external
existing world which directed the
project back to the drawing board.
We had to incorporate a life skills
programme, with a strong focus on
the individuals identity and thinking
processes, then slowly incorporate
the tools of the media, said Sanaa
Petersen, Project Developer of the
Youth Media Studies project. In-
stead of using the products of Me-
dia like newspapers in stage one,
the reading of non-Islamic books,
like fantasy, fiction and narratives
were incorporated. The class of
20 students were divided into two,
the first half was instructed to read
a book and present their review,
the other half was instructed to
research organisations that has
an impact on their development,
namely SA Government, MJC,
OIC, WICS, UN, G8 and present
their findings. The outcome of the
reviews were to create an aware-ness of the benefits of reading and
researching (asking questions) and
to visualize the link between their
environment and the external fac-
tors that impacts on their develop-
ment. From that understanding the
learners were introduced to the
factors that make the news and
the presentation of the news in the
media and the tools used. They
have previously only been exposed
to the Palestinian issue within the
frameworks of the Muslim commu-
nity and the IMA introduced them to
young persons, Muslims and Jews,
from Palestine 1948 borders who
were guests of the Jewish Maritime
League. During their interaction
they realized that irrespective of re-
ligion, class, race or circumstance,
they were all members of one com-
munity and that was the community
of the Human race. We all share
the same responsibility towards
each other, said Raees Ismail,
learner of Ibn Al-Jazariy Academy.
The same evening they welcomed
the parents of the youth that were
killed by the Israeli Military whilst
living in Palestine 1948 borders.
These Palestinians were guests of
the Foundation for Human Rights
and the Palestinian Solidarity
Group. The learners debate with
respect to the two groups of Pales-
tinians from the 1948 borders with
very different stories, opened the
flood gates to 1001 questions. Next
they met and interacted with author
Shaun Johnson and Ryland Fisher.
They then reported on a protest or-
ganized by COSATU in response to
the increasing high prices of food-
stuffs, petrol and electricity and on
Wednesday, they participated in a
Mediawise radio programme aired
on the Voice of the Cape. All these
experiences enabled the learners
to understand the techniques of
the media and its impacts on their
development and their responsibil-
ity in consuming it. Next the learn-
ers will be exposed to the television
and film industry
Youth Media Pilot Project
Learners of the Al Jazariy Hifz Academy and youth from Palestine 1948 borders at the Royal Yatch Club,
hosted by Jewish Maritime league
Lentegeur,
Mitchells Plain
Tel: 021 372 1106
Fax: 021 372 1110
A bu H urairah reported that the H oly P rophet (SA W ) said
Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you
should not be extremist, but to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded, and gain
strength by offering prayer (salah) in the mornings, afternoon and during the last hours of the nights
(reported by Bukhari)
Interaction with ex-Cape Times editor, Rylands Fisher, at the Centre of the Book in
April. (back) Muzaffar Mohamed, Raees Allie, Ryland Fisher and Yusuf Karriem
(front) Sanaa Petersen, Zakkiyah Lalla and Miekaeel Adams
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Government matric results 1980 - 2007
Year Candidates Pass % With Exemption %
1980 109807 82597 75.2% 34011 31.0%
1981 125291 88639 70.7% 34742 27.7%
1982 139488 95916 68.8% 35289 25.3%
1983 154245 104183 67.5% 37666 24.4%
1984 167842 113852 67.8% 49787 29.7%1985 164967 110810 67.2% 41164 25.0%
1986 245509 133373 54.3% 48025 19.6%
1987 291349 170856 58.6% 60195 20.7%
1988 316842 199742 63.0% 68700 21.7%
1989 360452 185092 51.3% 61223 17.0%
1990 408468 191249 46.8% 60281 14.8%
1991 448491 221407 49.4% 73054 16.3%
1992 472458 250527 53.0% 75601 16.0%
1993 472458 242310 51.3% 68820 14.6%
1994 495408 287343 58.0% 88497 17.9%
1995 531453 283742 53.4% 78821 14.8%
1996 518225 279487 53.9% 80015 15.4%
1997 559233 264705 47.3% 70127 12.5%
1998 561029 279356 49.8% 71773 12.8%
1999 511159 249831 48.9% 63725 12.5%
2000 489941 283294 57.8% 67707 13.8%
2001 449371 277206 61.7% 68626 15.3%2002 443821 305774 68.9% 75048 16.9%
2003 440821 322492 73.2% 82010 18.6%
2004 467985 330717 70.7% 85117 18.2%
2005 508363 347184 68.3% 86531 17.0%
2006 528525 351503 66.5% 85830 16.2%
2007 591251 386051 65.3% 89378 15.1%
Sources: Department of Education and South African Institute of Race Relations
Table 4: IEB matric results 1994-2007
Year Candidates Pass % With Exemption %
1994 1305 1225 93.9% 920 70.5%
1995 1371 1306 95.3% 956 69.7%
1996 2994 2913 97.3% 2158 72.1%
1997 4269 4137 96.9% 3052 71.5%
1998 4602 4542 98.7% 3479 75.6%
1999 5550 5478 98.7% 4124 74.3%
2000 5493 5423 98.7% 4157 75.7%
2001 5414 5360 99.0% 4222 78.0%
2002 6052 5961 98.5% 4599 76.0%
2003 6290 6189 98.4% 4906 78.0%
2004 6415 6357 99.1% 5099 79.5%
2005 6763 6635 98.1% 5295 78.3%
2006 7035 6915 98.3% 5544 78.8%
2007 7362 7283 98.9% 5780 78.5%
Sources: SAIRR and IEB
Simons Town Museum, in conjunctionwith the Simons Town Phoenix Commit-tee, asked Professor Himla Soodyall, Director
of the Human Genomic Diversity & Disease
Research Unit to undertake DNA testing for
members of the Simons Town community in
November 2007. The study concentrated on
persons forcibly removed from Simons Town
under Apartheid. The study encouraged men
to volunteer for testing as DNA testing could
be done on the mans X and Y chromosomes,
whereas with the ladies, there are only the X
chromosomes to be tested. This means that
a mans fathers line (Y chromosome) as well
as his mothers line (X chromosome) can be
tested, but with the ladies, only their mothers
line (X chromosome) could be investigated.
The testing enabled the participants to find
out where their earliest ancestors originated
namely, whether that is in Africa, Asia, Eu-
rope, etc. Former South African president
Nelson Mandela participated in the study.
Visit the Simons Town Museum for more in-
formation. The address of museum is The
Residency Court Road, Simons Town Tel:
021 786 3046
DNA Testing at SimonsTown Museum
Residents and displaced residents of Simons Town
participating in the Simons Town Museum DNA
study held on the 24 November 2007
Displaced resident of Simons Town, Ebrahim
Manuel, displaying the results of the DNA study
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West Java in
Cape Town
The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Cape Town and the Tourism and Culture Office of
West Java Province hosted A Gala dinner and West Java Cultural Performance on the 26 April. Guests
were enthralled by the energetic and cultural performances of West Java and captivated by the lesson in
Angklung, a bamboo musical instrument. Pic Sanaa Petersen
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The Most TrendiestRestaurant in WynbergC
osy Corner Restaurant and Take-aways is one of the oldest, most vibrant and now
the most trendy Halaal restaurant in Wynberg. This family owned establishmentwas first opened in 1973 by the late Ismail Hartley and his wife Zuleigha. Today, Cosy
Corner Restaurant and Take-Aways is managed by their youngest son Yusri and his wife
Tasneem. This young management team has revitalized the dcor and menu, serving the
most exciting dishes, with signature basting sauces to tantalize and satisfy any palate
(and pocket). The restaurants new look with Malaysian Teak furniture and gold andred decor, has been designed by one of Cape Towns top interior designers, Guy of In-
teriors at Dean. The restaurant seats 60 and caters for functions. The Take-Aways dcor
is trendy and has the feel of a traditional American diner style.
Cosy Corner Restaurant and Take-Aways,
119 Ottery Road, Wynberg. Tel: 021 797 2498.
Yusri Hartley with his mother Zuleigha. in the newly decorated restaurant, with exotic fish backdrop
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Wat Sal Die Nabi Gedoen?The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) celebrated the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) at the Desmond Tutu Hall, Khayalitsha in March, the Premierof the Western Cape, Ebrahim Rasool gave the following very thought provoking and inspiring talk.Transcribed and edited by Nabuweyah Malick
It begins to say that we have a lead-
ership amongst the Ulema who
have understood that the Muslims
are at a cross roads. The cross roads
is very simple, are we in the Cape,
forever going to be a Muslim com-
munity defined by our Malayness, or
are we going to be a Muslim com-
munity that will indeed be a Ummah,
those who have been touched by the
mercy of Prophet Muhammad (saw).
This is not a light hearted decision,
because when the Muslim Judicial
Council decides to spread the wings
of mercy to all who want to recite the
kalimah, La illaha illalla Muhammadu
Rasullulah, with it comes enormous
responsibilities because it takes theUmmah out of the comfort zones that
we have become used to.
It is almost as if over 300 years we
have become comfortable being
Malays, comfortable in being Indi-
ans and we have become reluctant
at worst and sometimes patronizing
at best in our relationship with Mus-
lims who are of a darker colour, who
speak the language of Xhosa and
who live in the townships on the out-
skirts of the Western Cape.
There has never been a more im-
portant moment to remind us as the
Quran does, when Allah (swt): wa ma
arsal naqa illah rahmata lill alameen,
I have not sent you Muhammad
except as a mercy to all creation.
There is something derelict; there
is something wrong if we continue
to deny the mercy that is Muham-
mad (saw) to all of creation because
we are only comfortable in our own
comfort zones in the suburbs of the
Western Cape.
And so when today
in this month of Rabi
Al Awwal, the month
of the birth of the
Prophet (saw), we
say we are a mercy
unto all humanity,
unto all of creation.
I get the impres-
sion that we say so
with so much more
sincerity becausewe are reaching out
beyond our comfort
zones. And the responsibility that
goes with it is that when we embrace
the entire community we also em-
brace the challenges that go with it.
It is no longer good enough to dis-
cuss in the suburbs of the Ummah
the construction industry, the BEE
deals that we are busy with, what
we ate last night, what happened
at that wedding, how nice the food
was, hoe lekker het die mense ge-
sajjie, the lovely barakat that we took
home. That has been the comfort
zone that we have been caught up in
and when we make this change we
now have to say, What is the condi-
tion of those amongst us who live in
the townships when let alone a bar-
akat, they struggle to find one meal
a day, where let alone a BEE deal,
they struggle to find a job, where let
alone the petty squabbles that we
have, they struggle to be human.
And so, what it means is, is that
this leadership that has brought the
Mawlud celebrations into Khayelit-
sha, is a leadership that will under-
stand what the responsibilities are
now against the fight against poverty
so that we unleash the potential of
this Muslim community to be in the
forefront of the struggle against pov-
erty, the struggle against unemploy-
ment, in the struggle against hunger
and homelessness, the struggle
against crime and drugs and all
those negative things. We will then
find that the problems are more than
the problems of Malays, the prob-
lems are more than the problems of
Indians, they are human problems.
When we say rahmatulil allamin -
a mercy unto all of creation. Then
we mean that we must embrace the
challenges that go with it.
And so, this Rabi Al Awwal, this
Mawludan Nabi celebra-
tions are very special,
and that is why I am hap-
py that Minister Essop
Pahad has flown down
to join us from Pretoria
so that he can be a wit-
ness to it. And hopefully
we can all begin to see
that there is an Ummah
that is willing not to wait
what government is go-
ing to do about racism
and xenophobia andpoverty. But an Ummah
that understands that
with reaching out the rahmah that is
encapsulated in the life of Muham-
mad (saw) comes the responsibility
to be in the forefront even ahead of
the government by giving food and
sustenance to people, removing rac-
ism from communities and stopping
xenophobia in its tracks.
We have seen the statistics of grow-
ing Muslim wealth in the suburb sec-
tion of the community. People who
ten years ago were artisans, today
are sub contractors, from contrac-
tors to shareholders of big compa-
nys, from shopkeepers today are
industrialis ts. I wonder if we are
growing as we are, why is our zakah
not making the impact that it should
be making to the poorest of the poor.
Is it because we only give to those
we know, whose degree of poverty
may not match some of what we will
see as we shift more and more into
Khayelitsha, Phillippi, Mfuleni and
Gugulethu. Those are the challeng-
es that we now face. It is one thing
to shift into an area and it is another
to do our duty to that area.
We have so many teaches coming
out of the ranks of the Ummah. Doc-
tors, scientists, engineers, nurses,
etc. if only 10% of them contribute
their services on a Saturday, fol-
lowed up on this Mawlud programme
in a hall like this to teach maths, sci-
ence and history will we not createthe potential for a major upliftments
out of poverty, illiteracy, ignorance.
Is that not the meaning of rahmatulil
alameena mercy unto all creation.
Maybe we are held back by our own
issues, sometimes Malay issues,
sometimes Indian issues, some-
times we are held back by our own
entrapment in the world. Sometimes
the wedding that is a month away
keeps us busy for an entire month.
We have to do our duty to all of hu-
manity. The biggest test that a Mus-
lim can commit to, on the occasion
of Mawludun Nabi, is always in every
issue when confronted with a situa-
tion is to always ask ourselves this
question, What would Rasulullah
(saw) do in this situation at this time?
Wat sal die Nabi gedoen het?
The children of Mfuleni sharing in the MJC celebration of the birth of the
Prophet Muhammad (saw) at the Desmond Tutu Hall, Khayelitsha in April
The World Islamic Call Society (WICS) with its leaderMuammar Ghaddafi invited Muslims from around theworld to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad
(saw) and witness the opening of the Muammar Ghadafi
Masjid in Old Kampala, Uganda during March 2008.
Over 30 000 Muslims attended the celebration a plethora
of cultures and dialects captivated Uganda including rep-
resentatives from South Africa - from the Muslim Judicial
Council (MJC) was Sheikh Achmat Sedick, Moulana Kha-
liq Allie and his wife Khadija, Mogammad Groenewald andAsief Essop from the Muslim Youth Movement and Sanaa
Petersen. Amidst, past corruption and conflict between
the Ugandans, Muammar Ghaddafi finally handed over
the three-storey masjid with a capacity to accommodate
15000 musallees, a state of the art, fully equipped, con-
ference centre, Renaissance Quranic Memorisation classand an IT training centre.
Mawlid in Uganda
On the 19 March 2008, over 30000 Muslims from around the world gathered in Old Kampala, Uganda to
celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (saw)
Libiyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi leads Thur solaah to the over 30 000 Muslims in Old Kampala, Uganda
on 19 March 2008
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Mustafa Jonker Alleged Terrorist- My StoryBy Khadija Abdul Qahaar | Jihad Unspun (JUS)
Mustafa Jonker
On January 25, sixteen policeofficers, including bomb squadmembers, some with firearms and
a man who appeared to be an Is-
raeli national, raided the outbuilding
where Mustafa Jonker, an Arabic/
English translator and law student,
lives with his parents in Muizen-
berg. The raid was conducted on
the suspicion that Mustafa and
three others were involved in ter-
ror activities.
Mustafa, who studied Islamic Law in
Saudi Arabia, awoke to a loud bang
at about 5.30am and discovered
some sixteen people in his house
along with an explosives unit in his
backyard. After a lengthy search,in the end the authorities seized a
bottle of liquid pool cleaner, a bottle
of paint remover and a bottle of hair
bleach, all items that could be found
in any household.
Now, Mustafa and two of his rela-
tives are fighting back. They have
issued an urgent application in the
Cape Town High Court to set aside
the search and seizure warrant that
facilitated the raid.
As his high profile court case is
heard, JUS sat down with Brother
Mustafa, to learn more about his
personal struggle to fight the stere-
otype of a terrorist and violation of
civil liberties. Here is the interview.
We remind our readers that the
opinions and points of view ex-
pressed in this statement are those
of the author, Mustafa Jonker, and
shall not be deemed to mean that
they are necessarily those of JUS
and the Islamic Media Agency, the
publisher, editor, writers, contribu-
tors or staff.
JUS:Can you please tell our read-
ers a little bit about your background
and how you came to be the targetof authorities and suspected of so-
called terrorism?
Mustafa:. I was born Mustafa Ghalib
Jonker in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town in
the year 1979 as a Muslim. After the
oppression of the unjust apartheid
regime became unbearable, com-
bined with the oppression we faced
by the disbelieving Qadiani/Ahmadi
sect, my father immigrated with us
to the Arabian peninsula in 1986. I
grew up and finished my studies in
Hijaz and spent 16 years of my life
living in the cities of Makkah, Jed-
dah and Madinah. I, like thousands
of Muslims like me am concerned at
the plight of the oppressed in gen-
eral and of the Muslim Ummah in
particular which over the last centu-
ry has witnessed an unprecedented
onslaught from global disbelief. We
returned to South Africa in 1999
and I soon realized that while the
racist apartheid regime had been
removed, this new democracy
had come about by the African Na-
tional Congress selling South Africa
to multi-national corporations. The
ANC has a history of concern for
only the middle and upper class
blacks. Today South Africa has the
biggest gap between rich and poor
in the world; a direct result of the
governments neo-liberal capitalist
policies. A wealthy elite own South
Africas wealth while 30 million peo-
ple suffer from poverty. Resulting
from this poverty is crime of which
South Africa has the highest statis-
tics in the world as well. As far as
this word terrorist goes, it is a label
placed on anyone challenging the
greedy bloodthirsty agenda of the
West and I therefore take pride in
it.
JUS:What were the immediate cir-cumstances that lead up to raid?
Mustafa:Positive steps have been
taken over the last few years to alert
our Muslim brothers and sisters to
evils and dangers of this new Amer-
ican led imperialism. We reminded
the youth of the Cape flats that the
Quran is our constitution and that in
complete submission to Allah alone
and rejection of everything besides
Him can this nation face its ene-
mies. We gave advice to the Mus-
lim Judicial Council through several
communiqus encouraging them to
distance themselves from the ANC
and reminding them that democra-
cy is a religion other than Islam and
that it spoils faith like vinegar spoils
honey. We advised the students of
religion studying abroad that the
purpose of knowledge is not accu-
mulation but implementation and
that the essence of knowledge is Al-
lahs oneness and all that this testi-
mony holds of implications. We also
engaged South African socialists, in
particular the Anarchist movement
in talks and debates in the hopes of
reaching a common ground in our
mutual animosity towards the states
unjust economic system. Our ac-
tions were due to the pain we felt
with the poor, downtrodden and op-pressed. This is a bit of the circum-
stances leading to the raid.
JUS: I understand that authorities
raided your home in the early morn-
ing of January 25, 2008. Can you
please tell us about the raid itself?
Mustafa: My parents house, my
sisters house next door, and two
other family homes along with a
house related to two of the broth-
ers mentioned in the search warrant
were all raided at the same time. Ex-
plosive unit members were present
as well as police officers armed with
semi-automatic pistols and Uzi sub-
machine guns. I heard that a police
officer pointed a pistol in the face of
a young boy in the house related to
the two brothers. Some other details
of the raid were mentioned in the
media but what was not mentioned
is that the South African police has
committed an act of great stupidity
by repeatedly targeting Muslims.
JUS: How did your family react
and how has this incident affected
them?
Mustafa:They were obviously dis-
tressed especially since most the
houses raided had small children in
them.
JUS: The press is reporting that
authorities confiscated a bottle of
liquid pool cleaner, a bottle of paint
remover and a bottle of hair bleach
from your home. Did they take any-
thing else? Is this what they are
considering as evidence?
Mustafa: They also took all my
books, documents, computer hard-
drive, cell phone, I.D., passport and
drivers license.
JUS:There was an Israeli national
in the raid. What was he doing there
and what do you think this signi-
fies?
Mustafa: I say that whether there
was an Israeli in the raid makes no
difference as it is a fact that the Jews
around the world using the Crusad-
ers are the main benefactors of this
global campaign
against Islam.
JUS: You are
challenging the
warrant that lead
to the search andseize to begin
with. On what
grounds are you
asking the courts
to set the warrant
aside?
Mustafa: The
police have of-
fered no proof for
the charges upon
which they found
a need to raid
my house nor did
they find anything
during the raids
to arrest me.
JUS: If you are
unsuccessful in
convincing the
courts to set aside
the warrant, are
you expecting to
be charged with
some terrorism-
related offense?
Mustafa: This is
a possibility as
this is the nature of the suspicions
mentioned in the search warrant.
JUS: Why do you think that you
were singled out for this raid?
Mustafa:They say that I am lead-
ing an organization planning to
overthrow the government.
JUS:One of the startling aspects of
this story is the fact that it occurred
in South Africa which is viewed as
a liberal democratic country and not
viewed as having terrorism prob-
lems. Is this an isolated incident
or reflective of tightening laws de-
signed to conform Muslims to west-
ern thinking?
Mustafa:This is not an isolated in-cident. South Africa has a history of
compliance with America. In 1999
South Africa co-operated with the
FBI in arresting and extraditing our
brother Khalfan Khamis Muham-
mad to America, even though South
Africas law forbids it from extradit-
ing anyone to a country that practic-
es the death penalty. Just over two
years ago Sheikh Khalid Rashid,
a respected Sheikh from Pakistan
who was known to speak the truth
without fear, was kidnapped and
during a night raid in Durban by the
South African intelligence, taken to
a military base and put on a C.I.A
plane out of the country. For months
nobody knew the location of this
respected scholar. A pre-condition
to South Africa hosting the 2010
world cup was that it passes Ameri-
cas anti-terrorism bill. The reason
behind this subservience became
clear when we were told by a re-
spected scholar from Cape Town
who attended a meeting discussing
the concerns regarding the pass-
ing of the anti-terrorism bill that
a member of government said in
the meeting: Nobody can oppose
America because America is not a
superpower it is a hyper-power
JUS:How you are coping with the
pressures of this struggle?
Mustafa:Whilst matters like this do
cause us financial and social hard-
ship, we are comforted by the fact
that our fate has already been writ-
ten by Allah.
JUS:Are you getting any support
at all from the Muslim commu-
nity locally? What are your current
needs?Mustafa: Praise be unto Allah we
have received some good support
especially from individuals and fami-
lies who have a history of bravery in
confronting oppression. As far as my
needs are concerned, Allah is suf-
ficient, but I say that South Africas
women and children need brave
freemen to protect them and to ward
off the overcast of this dual religious/
economic onslaught. The Muslims
need from their scholars in the MJC
to distance themselves from the in-
justices of the system and its root
causes, and to remember that truth
does not lie in numbers but in princi-
ples and to know that the families of
the victims of the crimes around the
country and the millions of poor in
the townships are waiting for you in
earnest to raise the word of : There
is no god but Allah and Muhammad
is His messenger.
(Curtesy of Mustafa Jonker, full-ver-
sion on www.jihadunspun.com)
Palestinians turn to
SA for help
April 2008 - Human rights activist, Susan, sharing the experiences of the Trojan Horse Massacre in
Athlone, SA 15 October 1985 with Palestinian parents whos children were targeted and murdered by the
Israeli Military. The Palestinian parents, living in Palestine 1948 borders, had through the Israeli Justice
System accused the soldiers of murder, after 8 years, the Israeli Courts closed the cases citing lack of evi-
dence. The Palestinians are hoping to learn from SA past and support in asserting International pressure
on Israel to re-open their cases and act justly.
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Daddy Goodbye
Daddy, why did you leavemommy?Sweetie, heres a menu.What would you like? Youcan have anythingI know you used to fight alot, but there good days. Idont understand?Have you decided whatyoud like my angel?
I miss you o much andI need you, otherwiseI might have to finddaddies else where, andthey might not be goodto me.Mmmm, chicken nuggets,good choice. I rememberyou used to like thosepoppet.I wish you rememberedmore about me daddy.
Sometimes I feel like Imslipping from your mind.Oooh, heres our food,
smells good my precious,enjoy.I enjoy being with you,daddy, why cant I seeyou everyday, why only onSaturdays?Lovie, why are you eatingso slowly. Dont you wantpudding?I want more of your timedaddy, cant you see Imdesperate.
Oh, heres the bill. Wasntthat lovely my girl.I wont always be your girldaddy, one day Ill be awoman and Ill need youmore than ever.Ah ha! Her we are at yourhouse. It was good to seeyou my darling. See younext Saturday.I love you Daddy, goodbye.
By Lauren Bates
FATWA Quranic ringtonesharaam
Saudi council of Muftishave given an unanimousFatwa that ring tones onQURAN AAYAT are hara-am because the AAYAT arenot complete when we pickthe phone and meanings ofAAYAT changes when they
are not complete. QURANis for Hidayat and not forring tones,Please inform others
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Please help, they playinggamesas,aleykum?my name is
mahmuod mohammed, Ishall be glad if u shall assistme in this matter please.I used to work for a secu-rity company,westpoint foralmost two years,actually Idid resign on 30/06/2006,Ias usual I did competemy termination forms andhanded them at NBCI inc/town branch.since thattime I have been waitingfor them to pay my provi-dent funds,last time I didphoned them they gave me
my reference no.XXXXX.but till this moment I haventreceive my funds.last weekI phone them they say theyare offline and they dontknow till when.honestly I
just feel like they are play-ing games with me,could ukindly help me kanalla onthis as I have been to labour,but they say they dont dealwith this matter.may allah[s.
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Title: I Can Wear Hijab AnywhereAuthor:Yasmin IbrahimPublication:Islamic FoundationBy:Layla Misbach
Book Reviews
Ingredients
2 cups Basmati rice
1 onion sliced finely
2tblsp butter or oil
1 ripe tomato chopped
1 red pepper cut in cubes 1 yellow pepper cut in cubes
punnet of mushrooms,
washed and sliced
cup peas
1tsp salt
1 tsp crushed garlic or paste
few strands of Shaikhs Exotic
Saffron ( pour boiling water
over saffron and allow to steep
till needed )
10ml Shaikhs Exotic Malay/ Thai
spice
2.5ml Shaikhs Exotic mixed
herbs
bunch of fresh
coriander / dhanya
(washed andchopped)
Shaikhs Exot ics
Blomvlei Road
Lansdowne
Method
1. Boil rice in 6 cups of water
and 1tsp of salt. Drain and set
aside.
2. Heat butter and add onions.
Braise until golden brown.3. Add tomatoes, garlic salt,
saffron, Malay/ Thai spice and
herbs and cook for 5 minutes
4. Add peppers, mushrooms and
peas. Cook for few minutes.
5. Add cooked rice and chopped
coriander / dhanya.
Mix well and steam for a few minutes
untill all flavours have blended into
rice.
SAVOURYRI CEThe Shaikhs Exotics Way
My name is Layla Misbach and I am 10 years old and studying hifz
full-time at the Imam Hafs Academy in Rondebosch. My mommy, Roshaan,
writes for the Community News and has many book parties. I love to read and I
especially enjoyed this book very much. The book tells me
about Hijab and that I can wear it in lots of places.
The book is filled with such pretty pictures of beautiful girls in
hijab. When I saw these pictures I realized that I dont haveto feel embarrassed to where my scarf at all.
It does not matter how old I am , how I wear it or even where
I am.
What is important is that it is beautiful and I choose to wear
my hijab because it pleases Allah.
email your review and photograph to info@islamicmedia.
co.za or fax 021 697 2304 We would love to hear from
you.
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I still vividly remember my fathers
face - wrinkled, apprehensive, warm
- as he last wished me farewell four-
teen years ago. He stood outside
the rusty door of my familys home
in a Gaza refugee camp wearing
old yellow pyjamas and a seeming-
ly ancient robe. As I hauled my one
small suitcase into a taxi that would
take me to an Israeli airport an hour
away, my father stood still. I wished
he would go back inside; it was cold
and the soldiers could pop up at any
moment. As my car moved on, my
father eventually faded into the dis-
tance, along with the graveyard, the
water tower and the camp. It never
occurred to me that I would never
see him again.
I think of my father now as he was
that day. His tears and his frantic
last words: Do you have your mon-
ey? Your passport? A jacket? Call
me the moment you get there. Are
you sure you have your passport?
Just check,one last time
My father was a man who always
defied the notion that one can only
be the outcome of his circumstance.
Expelled from his village at the age
of 10, running barefoot behind his
parents, he was instantly trans-
ferred from the son of a landown-
ing farmer to a penniless refugee in
a blue tent provided by the United
Nations in Gaza. Thus, his life of
hunger, pain, homelessness, free-
dom-fighting, love, marriage and
loss commenced.
The fact that he was the one chosen
to quit school to help his father pro-
vide for his now tent- dwelling fam-
ily was a huge source of stress for
him. In a strange, unfamiliar land,
his new role was going into neigh-
boring villages and refugee camps
to sell gum, aspirin and other small
items. His legs were a testament to
the many dog bites he btained dur-
ing these daily journeys. Later scars
were from the shrapnel he acquired
through war.
As a young man and soldier in the
Palestinian unit of the Egyptian
army, he spent years of his life
marching through the Si-
nai desert. When the Is-
raeli army took over Gaza
following the Arab defeat
in 1967, the Israeli com-mander met with those
who served as police of-
ficers under Egyptian
rule and offered them the
chance to continue their
services under Israeli rule.
Proudly and willingly, my
young father chose ab-
ject poverty over working
under the occupiers flag.
And for that, predictably,
he paid a heavy price. His two-year-
old son died soon after.
My oldest brother is buried in the
same graveyard that bordered my
fathers house in the camp. My fa-
ther, who couldnt cope with the
thought that his only son died be-
cause he couldnt afford to buy
medicine or food,would be found
asleep near the tiny grave all night,
or placing coins and candy in and
around it.
My fathers reputation as an intel-
lectual, his passion for Russian lit-
erature, and his endless support of
fellow refugees brought him untold
trouble with the Israeli authorities,
who retaliated by denying him the
right to leave Gaza.
His severe asthma, which he devel-
oped as a teenager was compound-
ed by lack of adequate medical fa-
cilities. Yet, despite daily coughing
streaks and constantly gasping for
breath, he relentlessly negotiated
his way through life for the sake of
his family. On one hand, he refused
to work as a cheap laborer in Israel.
Life itself is not worth a shred of
ones dignity, he insisted. On the
other, with all borders sealed except
that with Israel, he still needed a way
to bring in an income. He would buy
cheap clothes, shoes, used TVs,
and other miscellaneous goods,
and find a way to transport and sell
them in the camp. He invested eve-
rything he made to ensure that his
sons and daughter could receive a
good education, an arduous mis-
sion in a place like Gaza.
But when the Palestinian uprising
of 1987 exploded, and our camp
became a battleground between
stone-throwers and the Israeli army,
mere survival became Dads over-
riding concern. Our house was the
closest to the Red Square, arbi-
trarily named for the blood spilled
there, and also bordered the Mar-
tyrs Graveyard. How can a father
adequately protect his family in
such surroundings? Israeli soldiers
stormed our house
hundreds of times; it
was always him who
somehow held them
back, begging for hischildrens safety, as
we huddled in a dark
room awaiting our
fate. You will under-
stand when you have
your own children, he
told my older brothers
as they protested his
allowing the soldiers
to slap his face. Our
freedom-fighting dad
struggled to explain how love for
his children could surpass his own
pride. He grew in my eyes that day.
Its been fourteen years since I last
saw my father. As none of his chil-
dren had access to isolated Gaza,
he was left alone to fend for him-
self. We tried to help as much as
we could, but what use is money
without access to medicine? In our
last talk he said he feared he would
die before seeing my children, but
I promised that I would find a way.
I failed.
Since the siege on Gaza, my fa-
thers life became impossible. His
ailments were not serious enough
for hospitals crowded with limbless
youth. During the most recent Israe-
li onslaught, most hospital spaces
were converted to surgery wards,
and there was no place for an old
man like my dad. All attempts to
transfer him to the better equipped
West Bank hospitals failed as Israeli
authorities repeatedly denied him
the required permit.
I am sick, son, I am sick, my father
cried when I spoke to him two days
before his death. He died alone onMarch 18, waiting to be reunited
with my brothers in the West Bank.
He died a refugee, but a proud man
nonetheless.
My fathers struggle began 60 years
ago, and it ended a few days ago.
Thousands of people descended to
his funeral from throughout Gaza,
oppressed people that shared his
plight, hopes and struggles, ac-
companying him to the graveyard
where he was laid to rest. Even a
resilient fighter deserves a moment
of peace.
Ramzy Baroud teaches mass com-
munication at Curtin University of
Technology and is the author of
The Second Palestinian Intifada: A
Chronicle of a Peoples Struggle.He
is also the editor-in-chief of Palesti-
neChronicle.com.
My Father Died Alone in GazaBy RAMZY BAROUD
The interesting thing about the
recent elections in Zimbabwe
is not that Zanu-PF and Robert
Mugabe lost the vote (which has
happened before) but that they
seem to have lost the count as
well. In the March 2002 presiden-
tial poll the Movement for Demo-
cratic Change leader, Morgan
Tsvangirai, won a substantial ma-
jority of votes cast. However, the
count was fixed to give Mugabe
victory. The International Herald
Tribune reported at the time that
all results had been channelledthrough a Zanu-PF command
centre in Harare headed by two
Mugabe loyalists.
Zanu-PF certainly had the power
to something similar this time
around, as the Zimbabwean Elec-
toral Commission is completely
under its control. According to
The Guardian (UK) Mugabe met
with his intelligence and military
chiefs on Sunday evening to dis-
cuss their response to Tsvangi-
rais apparent victory in the pres-
idential poll. The article quoted a
diplomatic source as saying that
one option was for Mugabe to
simply declare victory. Cooler
heads prevailed. It was decided
to use the [election commission]
process of drip, drip where you
release results over a long peri-
od, giving the opposition gains at
first but as time wears on Zanu-
PF pulls ahead.
This may have been a fatal mis-
take. Because the count was
posted at each polling station
- as well as sent through to the
ZEC - the MDC and independ-
ent monitors were able to collect
these results, publish them, and
thereby pre-empt any Zanufi-
cation of the results. The re-
gime was forced into conceding
through The Herald, firstly, that
Mugabe had not won a majority
of votes cast; and, secondly, that
Zanu-PF had lost its majority in
the lower house of parliament.
The Zuma factor
It is notable that Robert Mugabe
retained his grip on power for
longer than Thabo Mbeki did, but
not much longer. It is only now
that Mbeki is finished politically
that Mugabes hold on power has
begun to slip. In the last three
stolen elections Zanu-PF could
always safely rely upon Mbeki togo to great lengths to legitimise
the results. Could it be that one
reason for Zanu-PFs prevarica-
tion last Sunday was that they
were now suddenly unsure of
the ANCs continued support?
Whatever his earlier complicity in
keeping Zanu-PF in power, Jacob
Zuma certainly owes a moral and
political debt to the anti-Mugabe
forces Zimbabwe.
As noted before, Aristotle ob-
served in Politics, it is not easy
for a person to do any great
harm when his tenure of office is
short, whereas long possession
begets tyranny in oligarchies
and democracies. By keeping
Mugabe in power, and allowing
him to bring ruin to Zimbabwe,
Mbeki provided the ANC with an
object lesson in the danger of
allowing a leader to extend his
term of office. The metaphor by
which the delegates at Polok-
wane justified their rejection ofThabo Mugabeki was that they
didnt want another Zimbabwe
in South Africa.
Diplomatic Virodene
The West can always be relied
upon to do the wrong thing in
Africa. The Times reports that
Western diplomats are involved
in brokering a deal whereby Mu-
gabe will - in return for accept-
ing his loss in the elections - get
immunity from prosecution and
the right to retain his ill-gotten
property. Zanu-PF will mean-
while continue in power through
a government of national unity.
The article quotes a Western
diplomat as explaining way the
moral squalor of this proposal
by describing it as African solu-
tion to an African problem.
The ANC, to its great credit, did
not buy into this kind of Afro-
nonsense when it came to jet-tisoning its own leader. It voted
Mbeki and his cronies out of of-
fice and they just had to accept it.
There was no African solution
there, just a perfectly normal
democratic one to a problem of
a leader who had outstayed his
welcome. (Moneyweb-edited by
Sanaa Petersen)
Pressure Not Placation is Needed to
Finally Effect Change In Zimbabwe
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Individuals should assess the degree
and effect of abuse they are subjected
to and the impact that it has on their re-
spective children. If they are feel that they
are not emotionally capable as well as in
a position to objectively assess their own
situation, then it is advisable to seek as-
sistance from professionals.
If it turns out that there is no alternative
and all genuine attempts to save the mar-
riage has failed then it is better to end
such a marriage. Not for ones own self-
ish reasons such as greed, power or lust
but more so because it is in the interest of
oneself, the children and the spouse col-
lectively only because the relationship is
destructive. Islam does not reject Talaq
(divorce) but provides that it is the most
hated legal thing!
A woman often fears that if she leaves her
husband, she will not be able to exist inde-
pendently from him and they tend to be of
the opinion that as a result the children will
suffer, when in fact at times, by staying on
in the marriage, parents causes the chil-
dren more harm.
Women possess many untapped qualities
and once they are faced with challenges
or emergencies, they are amazed at their
skills, talent and strength and their ability to
cross any hurdle.
Many parents tend to think that staying in
the marriage is better for the sake of their
children but this is not always the case
since the psychological harm they suf-
fer can dramatically affect later on in life.
Children look up to their parents to be their
mentors and their safety net.
For those who feel the need (for whatever
reason) to remain in an abusive relation-
ship, it is not the end of the world. There
is hope and they can continue to work on
the marriage and hope but over and above
that they can make conscious decisions
whether or not to approach help in order to
force the abusive partner to behave and to
treat them with dignity.
One should first try approaching relatives
or religious figures in the community to
address issues in the marriage and if all
else fails then approach a court of law for
a protection order at the domestic violence
court. Such an interdict as it is commonly
called will order the abuser to refrain from
committing any act of domestic violence.
Should the abuser breach the interdict
he may be arrested or ordered to ap-
pear in court depending on the severity
of the abuse.
Protection orders offers various forms of
relief. It could order the respondent (per-
son committing an act of domestic vio-
lence) to pay emergency monetary relief,
to be prohibited from verbally, emotionally
or physically abusing the applicant, from
threatening to prevent applicant and/or
children from entering or remaining at the
common home (regardless if the home is
rented or owned by the respondent and
even paid by respondent).
It could also order the respondent not to
slander, humiliate, stalk or harass the ap-
plicant, etc.
The Domestic Violence Act provides that
anyone who is in a domestic relationship
with someone who or is subjected to abuse
by his/her partner may approach the courtfor a protection order. The only cost to be
paid is the sheriffs fee for service of ap-
proximately R70.00
The applicant can go to the court in the area
which he/she, or the abusive partner lives
or works or where the abuse took place.
In addition if physical abuse took place, the
complainant is then entitled to report a crim-
inal charge of assault regardless of whether
there is an interdict in place or not.
Interdicts should however not be taken
lightly nor should it be misused as it has
serious consequences. For example a
person who commits perjury (tells lies) un-
der oath in order to obtain an interdict can
be fined up to R2, 000.00 or imprisoned for
up to 2 years.
Until next time
Salaams Nurjahan Khan
If you would like to more information
or to share your experiences or have a
general legal question please contactus on [email protected] or fax
021 697 2304
When deciding on Divorce
The official launch of book titled,Cape Town the City of Bondage by Mogamat Ganief Kamedien, a
renowned South African Slave researcher at Wynberg High school on the 16th February 2008 under auspices
of Cape Family Historical Society. (L-R) Mahdie Mohamed, researcher Mogamat Ganief Kamedien and
Mogamad Hartley
Cape Town the City of Bondage
Masjidul Ishraaq 5th Avenue, Lotus River
Committee members their roles
and contact numbers
Sedick Gamiet (Chairperson)
Tel.797-1574, 072 6243517
Thaabit Sambo (Vice Chair)
Tel.706-9303
Ismail Adams (Secretary)
Achmat Adams (Treasurer)
Ebrahim Sambo (Fundraising)
Mansoor Sasman
(Building/Maintenance)
Ridwaan Sambo (Social Welfare)
Ebrahim Abrahams (Trustee)
Moosa Appels (Trustee) Abdullah Slamang (Trustee)
Brief History
1980 - Land acquired
1984 - Construction commenced
1989 - Construction completed
1986 - First jamaah salaah per-
formed
Major renovations undertaken in
1999
Previous Imaam
Sheikh Ahmed Ismaeel Samaai (1997)
Current Imam
Asst Imam Mogammad Allie Bassier
(1986- present)
Sheikh Shaheen Abrahams
(1998-present)
24hr Contact
Waseela
Tel.705-5471, 082 2186704
Bank Details
First National BankGrassy Park Branch
A/c No.54820736080
Activities
1. Educare classes, Mon-Thurs
from 7.00am-5.30pm
2. Madressa classes, Mon- Thurs
afternoons.
3. Ladies classes : Monday evening
and Tues & Thurs mornings.
4. Fiqh classes : Monday evenings.
5. Hajj class on Tuesday evenings.
6. Arabic language on Wednesday
evenings.
7. Tableegh programme on Tues-
day after Magrib.
8. Raatibul Gaddaad on Thurs after
Magrib.
9. Ladies Tableegh on first Tues
morning of every month.
10. Tahajjud salaah one Sunday a
month, an hour before Fajr.
11. Ghatamal Quran once a month
on Sunday after Magrib.
The ladies committee of Masjidul Ishraaq in Lotus River commemorated the birth of theholy Prophet Muhammad (saw) with their sisters of Saydina Bilal Masjid, Makazar, South
Khayalitsha. The women shared their traditions and stories of the life of the Prophet.
Kindly sponsored by :
Dr Abdul Rahaman Madkhali,Human Development OfficialTrainer, for the JazanTeachers College in SaudiA