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  With the application process for visas to the Saudi Kingdom now requiring applicants to undergo biometric finger printing, many community members have expressed concerns over lack information on what the process entails. Two weeks ago, the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) announced it would be mandatory for …

Egyptian court sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death By Asma Alsharif CAIRO Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:54pm EDT Death sentence for 529 Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt Related News U.S. shocked by Egypt’s death sentences but still talking to government  (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the …

  Ten years ago today, Israel assassinated Sheikh Ahmad Yassin.  Israeli helicopters fired missiles directly at him as he left a mosque after Fajr prayers near his house in Gaza City. At the young age of 12, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin witnessed the ‘Nakba’ catastrophe of his people. Born in the …

  Political parties and bodies mostly welcomed the release of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead on Wednesday. Government said it would reflect on the findings and recommendations contained in Madonsela’s report with a view to determining the way forward. Justice Minister Jeff …

Cii News | 18 March 2014/16 Jumadal Ula 1435 Following the conclusion of the South African Hajj and Umrah Council’s(SAHUC) Board and NGC meeting over the weekend in Gauteng, the Hajj regulator has announced the reopening of its systems for the registration of aspirant Hujjaaj. The database which had been …

  By Chris Hedges 17 March, 2014 TruthDig.com The banning of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Northeastern University in Boston on March 7, along with a university threat of disciplinary measures against some of its members, replicates sanctions being imposed against numerous student Palestinian rights groups across the …

  Prospective umrah and haj pilgrims planning to travel to Saudi Arabia will have to go for biometric fingerprint and facial recognition tests to obtain a visa from the Saudi Embassy. This was confirmed by the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) on Friday, after the Saudi government made …

Yusuf Alli – Cii News | 14 March 2014/12 Jumaadal ula 1435 News that made headlines on various newswires around the world. MONDAY Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said the racially segregated roads and housing in Israel was a reminder of the conditions experienced in South Africa during apartheid. In a statement …

Obama has chosen his side in the war Congress is waging on the errant CIA For nearly five years now, the US Senate has been trying to establish what the agency was guilty of in the years after 9/11 It’s a witch’s brew in Washington and the stench is vile. …

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:14 AM PDT OPINION by Ramzy Baroud – Something sinister is brewing around and below al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and it has the hallmark of a familiar Israeli campaign to strip the Mosque of its Muslim Arab identity. This time around, however, the stakes …