Category Archives: Family & Tradition
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Writing on the walls
Posted on November 12, 2015 by Thakozile Machika in Family & Tradition.by Sibongile Machika Fordsburg is a living, breathing ode to Allah. Islam is the connecting force between the many nationalities and cultures found here. It is in the food, fashions and, literally, the writing on the walls. Nestled between the homeless sleeping on Crown Road and the panel beaters on Commercial Road is a small, […]
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The sounds of Islam
Posted on November 11, 2015 by Thembisile Dzonzi in Family & Tradition.by Thembisile Dzonzi In a community where listening to music is prohibited, the melodic sounds of the nasheed genre are a popular alternative in Islamic households. However, even in this religious genre of Islamic praise music there are contending views as to what is halaal and what is haram. Seductive, explicit, harmful, shameless, vulgar, promotes […]
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Mayfair women break the Muslim mould
Posted on November 11, 2015 by Riante Naidoo in Family & Tradition.by Rianté Naidoo *This article has been amended to protect the identity of some individuals (17.02.2016). The women of the Garda family are far from “mainstream Muslim” women. This family of three daughters and seven granddaughters run their own businesses and rarely wear the hijab. Although unconventional, as modern women they fit into their conservative […]
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Fietas: A community starving for survival
Posted on November 10, 2015 by Reuven Blignaut in Family & Tradition.by Reuven Blignault Just a stone’s throw away from affluent suburbs such as Parktown and Auckland Park in Johannesburg is a “poor white” suburb called Fietas. Over 40 years ago, the government forcibly removed many families to make way for a low-cost residential white suburb. These days Fietas is associated with poverty, drugs, prostitution and […]
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