DESERT ROSE OPENS INTERNATIONAL AL GHAZALI CONFERENCE
Desert Rose Music, leaders in spiritual world music, is launching their Awakening Album on 17 April with a live performance, opening the International Al Ghazali Conference at the Old Mutual Business ... read more
| Islam's heartland put under the microscope - Review of Notebooks from Makkah & Madinah - By Yazeed Kamaldien, Cape Times
Anyone who had been on the hajj or umrah - two spiritual Islamic journeys - would find this eloquently written travelogue a treasure chest filled with snippets of the visceral tastes of Makkah and Mad ... read more
| Morton at Cape Town Book Fair
One of the successes of the Cape Town Book Fair which came to an end on Tuesday was an indication that more Muslims were reading. So says Voice of the Cape Drivetime presenter, Shafiq Morton, whose fi ... read more
| REVIEW: Tales from Five Continents: the 19th Century Travel Diaries of Hajee Sullaiman Shah Mahomed: 1880-1895
Author: Hajee Sullaiman Shah Mahomed, Dome Publications and International Peace University of South Africa, Cape Town, 2007
Reviewed by: Yasien Mohamed, Professor of Arabic Studies, Univers ... read more
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What people say about
"Notebooks from
Makkah and Madinah"
"An evocative history
of the two Holy
Cities, beautifully interwoven with the
author's own personal journey, a
compelling read."
Rayda Jacobs, Herman Charles
Bosman and Sunday Times Fiction
Award Winner 2003.
"A fascinating journey into the
Middle East
and Islam's heartland."
Yazeed Kamaldien, Cape Times.
"This is an important work ... eloquent and
entertaining, it will have a broad appeal..."
Maulana Ahmad Mukadam, Rector of the
International Peace University of
South Africa
"This book is a major contribution"
Shaikh Seraj Hendricks, former chair of
the Muslim Judicial Council Fatwa
Committee, Cape Town, South Africa.
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