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Events – SAMNET

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  • National Mosque Open Day 2023 – Post event

    The South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) works closely with interfaith communities as there is a firm belief that interfaith work is meaningful and can bring people together. The National Mosque Open Day is one of the initiatives of SAMNET, to foster relations and extend a warm welcome to other faith groups.

    ‘The South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) initiated and has facilitated National Mosque Open Day (NMOD) in South Africa since 2017. It now includes various sites in Southern Africa. NMOD has been held on South Africa’s Heritage Day Public Holiday (24th September) recognizing the contributions of Muslims to South Africa’s heritage, development, culture, politics, and our national values and beliefs. NMOD has grown from a few participating Mosques to over 60 including in countries like Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi. NMOD has been endorsed by the United Ulema Council of South Africa and the Cape Ulema Board. We thank all the Visitors, Volunteers, Imams, Trustees, Sponsors and the supporting organizations including: the Imam Development Programme, IPCI, Caring Sisters Network, the various Media Outlets and our SAMNET team.’ – Mohamed Kharwa, SAMNET

    The program, which varied from mosque to mosque, was appreciated by the guests who left the mosque with a tour of the mosque and it’s relevance in a Muslim’s life. Visitors were also given an opportunity to watch the midday prayer which is the time a Muslim takes to recentre, remember God and seek His guidance during the day.

    Visitors who were curious about the hijab (headscarf) were delighted as they were given a demo of how Muslim women tie their headscarves. The cherry on top, as one visitor said, was having her hands adorned by a henna artist!

    Visitors listen attentively to a presentation. – Queensburgh, South Africa

    Demo of tying the Muslim headscarf (hijab). Durban North, South Africa

    Health station. Durban North, South Africa

    Visitor pampered with henna art. Queensburgh, South Africa

    Imam giving a presentation to interested visitors. – Zambia

    Visitor has received her literature. – Zimbabwe

    Demonstration of ablution (wudhu), its significance before prayer and where it is performed. – Zimbabwe

    Imam giving a presentation. – South Africa, Welbedacht, East Chatsworth

    Q & A session where faith leaders from three different churches participated. – Malawi

  • National Mosque Open Day 2023

    National Mosque Open Day 2023

    SAMNET invites all South Africans from different races, religions & cultures across the country to experience and understand the beauty and diversity of Islam at its National Mosque Open Day.

    The National Mosque Open Day campaign held annually encourages Mosques to open their doors to the public simultaneously on Heritage Day. The aim is to address misconceptions caused by negative media coverage about Muslims and Islam, build and strengthen relations with other religious/faith groups, and encourage members of the public to get to know their local mosque community.

    Scroll down for a growing list of participating mosques.

  • Heritage day 2020

    WELCOME TO SAMNET NATIONAL MOSQUE OPEN DAY 2020

    HERITAGE DAY WAS QUITE EVENTFUL AND THIS IS WHY

    The world has never been an ideal world, and the Covid 19 pandemic has exposed the flaws in society and intolerance of certain religions/cultures. Recently, we have witnessed and endured a rise in Islamophobia and hate speech against the Muslim community, as a result of the Call to Prayer ban in South Africa. With all these trials and tribulations that have befallen the Muslims, the National Mosque Open day could not have come at a better time. It is vital to have campaigns such as National mosque open day to dispel the misconceptions and disprove the false perceptions spread about the peaceful religion of Islam in mainstream media.

    The South African Muslim Network expresses gratitude to all those who participated in the National Mosque Open day campaign on Heritage day, 24 September 2020.

    Notwithstanding Covid 19 related impediments, 9 Mosques across 5 provinces participated in the Heritage Day Mosque Open Day Campaign. Alhamdulillah (All Praise due to the Almighty) with over 100 non-muslim people of the various communities who attended the programmes at the Mosques Open on this day.

    There were a number of people who were so moved by what they learnt that they embraced Islam and we wish them well on their new journey through life as a Muslim.

    We would like to commend members from the Mosques involved for their time and effort to accommodate the community and ensure the social distancing and covid safety procedures were adhered to.

    Sirajudeen Mosque

    The Brixton team had an eventful day at the Sirajudeen Masjid in Johannesburg. On Heritage day, they concurrently engaged in mosque tours and Islamic propagation via street dawah, the erection of a dawah table outside the masjid and a presentation on Islam inside the mosque.

    Overall, the day was a productive one and the new muslims were encouraged to enroll for Madrassah classes at the Masjid. A brother volunteered to buy Islamic attire for all the women who became Muslim. Allah (God is most Gracious)

    Masjid AbuBakr Siddique

    Masjid AbuBakr Siddique in Erasmia hosted Interfaith Mosque tours as part of Heritage Day events on Thursday 24th as well as Saturday 19 September. Interfaith dialogues promote love and understanding within our communities.

    “It will be wonderful if we can host other faith groups in our community,” said one of the organisers. Please contact Imam Saleem if any of your organisations (e.g. schools, work, and community) would be interested in a mosque tour.

    Contact 012 370 1069

     

    Jummah Masjid

    People of all faiths came from various areas surrounding Durban, Kw-Mashu, Inanda and Durban Central to attend the Heritage Day programme at Jummah masjid. A new Muslim sister Ayushi Devraj shared her experience and journey to Islam and her mum, who is still a Hindu attended as well. The programme was well received by the recipients.  A short talk and street activity was carried out at the IPCI Telecoms with interaction from the general public.

    A programme was held at the IPCI Chatsworth Dawah office for ladies only and was well received by the Community.

    We need more participation of mosques in Chatsworth, Insha Allah next year the campaign should focus on these areas
    ~ IPCI

    Soofie Mosque

    The Soofie Mosque, which is a national monument in Ladysmith, had a very successful day hosting 14 attendees and a young female reverted to Islam. Alhamdullilah

    As Salaam Masjid

    The uMzinto Mosque had up to 30 non-muslim attendees. A tour of the Mosque, demo of Prayer and ablution as well as a Q&A session took place following Covid safety procedures.

    Masjid-ur-Rahman

    Programmes were conducted over 3 sessions with different groups of people of various faiths.

    Imam Nawawi Mosque

    Imam Nawawi Mosque had a lovely programme for members that visited the Mosque on Heritage day.

    Mshadza Masjid

    The programme took place successfully despite challenging circumstances in the Nelspruit area accommodating 11 people who visited the Mosque on Heritage Day.

    Musallah on Musgrave

    The Musallah is the forerunner in establishing the Berea Interfaith Forum which comprises of three churches and the Musallah in Musgrave. The community is excited about the opening of the new Mosque on St Thomas to replace the Musallah and duas are requested for the success of this project.

    We are grateful to the Almighty for granting all those participating success and we pray Allah blesses them for their time and effort invested into National Mosque Open Day. We look forward to National Mosque Open Day 2021.