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.