by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Mar 29, 2016 | News
Faizel Patel, 2016-03-29 The International Relations Department (DIRCO) says it is yet to receive official confirmation of the release of a South African man detained in Egypt for more than a year. Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni from Lenasia was freed from a...
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by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Mar 29, 2016 | News
Faizel Patel, 2016-03-29 After almost 485 days in detention in Egypt, Sheikh Abdul Salaam Jaad Bassiouni has been freed. The Lenasia community leader and head of the Al-Tawhid Islamic Centre was freed from a police station in Egypt early this morning. Bassiouni...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Mar 28, 2016 | News
Faizel Patel, 2016-03-28 The family of Sheikh Abdul Salaam Bassiouni say his release from a police station in Egypt is imminent. Bilal Bassiouni has been providing regular updates since his father was moved from the notorious Tora Prison where numerous...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Mar 28, 2016 | News
Faizel Patel, 2016-03-28 The high court in Bangladesh has rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion. A special bench of three judges today three out the petition within moments of opening the case and without allowing any...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Mar 26, 2016 | News
Faizel Patel, 2016-03-26 A 26-year-old man convicted of plotting to murder his father has been sentenced to 20-years behind bars. IOL reports Jibraeel Mohideen was this week convicted of the murder of Mohamed Ashraf Tajoodeen in the Pietermaritzburg High Court....
