30 October 2025
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Al Jama-ah to conclude its Heritage Month programme with Qur’anic recitals by visiting Egyptian Qari to be hosted in Macassar, the birthplace of Islam in South Africa:
Al Jama-ah Party will be concluding its Heritage Month programmes under the theme, “Qur’an Is Our Heritage” as the melodious qur’anic recitals will be heard by the world’s top Qari (qur’anic reciter) Dr Ahmed Naina, in Macassar, the birthplace of Islam in South Africa more than 300 years ago.
Qari Dr Ahmed Naina, has been invited by Al Jama-ah to grace the party’s ‘Awards Ceremony For Qur’anic Reciters’ which will be taking place at Masjidus Saabiereen in Macassar on 9 November 2025; the party will hand over awards to 50 young Hafiz (memorisation of the entire Qur’an) students.
At the occasion, Al Jama-ah will announce the name of a young female reciter from Cape Town whom the party is nominating to participate in the International Qiraat competition to be held in Egypt in December 2025. Furthermore, the party will extend its congratulations to President Cyril Ramaphosa who has been conferred an Honorary Doctorate in International Relations by the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Al Jama-ah’s President Hon Ganief Hendricks who is Deputy Minister of Social Development, says the party maintains its ethos of “Qur’an First and Deen First.” The party will make an historic announcement on a Muslim census which will lead to receiving 5 000 hajj visas. “The census will first record Muslims in Macassar, the place where Islam in South Africa took root,” says Hendricks.
Details of Awards Ceremony:
DATE: SUNDAY, 09 NOVEMBER 2025
TIME: 2:00pm-8:00pm
VENUE: MASJIDUS SAABIEREEN, 47 LINK AVENUE, MACASSAR, CAPE TOWN
Issued by Asghar Khan on behalf of Al Jama-ah
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