[JHB/DBN] The Real Deal
July 13, 2010 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
The Muslim Professionals Network ( www.muslimprofessionalsnetwork.com ), on behalf Al Kauthar ( www.alkauthar.org ), invite you to attend ‘The Real Deal’ , a weekend course (17th & 18th July in JHB, 24 & 25 July in DBN), on the Islamic perspectives around the business environment.
This course is priced at a special rate of R350 for MPN members. Please email mpn.email@gmail.com to confirm attendance, and bank details will be provided. A prelude to the study of the regulations regarding business entails the study of the following ten matters:
1. Pillars of a business transaction.
2. The goals and purposes of Shariah in business transactions.
3. Commodities and its types.
4. Trading competence.
5. Conditions of business transactions.
6. Conditions in business transactions.
7. Choice in contracts.
8. Contracts and its types.
9. Defects in contracts
10. Profit and what is permissible from it.
JHB/CPT/DBN: Prof. Norman Finkelstein’s visit to SA [13 - 21 Aug]
August 6, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
The organizations/bodies listed below will be hosting political science professor, Norman G. Finkelstein, during his visit to South Africa from the 12th to the 22nd August, 2009. Professor Finkelstein will be delivering a series of lectures in Johannesburg , Cape Town and Durban . He is an outspoken critic of Israels policies towards the Palestinians and has questioned the use of the Holocaust for devious purposes and the misuse of the term anti-Semitism. Both his parents are Holocaust survivors. In his book Beyond Chutzpah he exposes Professor Alan Dershowitzs book The Case for Israel, (which was relaunched in South Africa on Tuesday, July 21, 2009) as containing plagiarism and fraudulent research. Dershowitz conducted a vigorous campaign against Finkelstein which, amongst other things, resulted in DePaul University , Chicago , denying Professor Finkelstein tenure.
Afro-Middle East Centre, Centre for Study of Democracy, University of Johannesburg, Not in My Name, School of Social Sciences – Wits University, Centre for Civil Society – University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Politics - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban University of Technology - Journalism Dept, Diakonia, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape.
For more information and to book media interviews kindly contact: Johannesburg: Melissa Hoole 011- 7826754, 073 9060017, mjh.rsa@gmail.com, info@amec.org.za
National: Ms Sony, cell 0735709944 email ajsoni@hotmail.com
Regards, NF Co-ordination Committee
BIOGRAPHY
Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University . For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is currently an independent scholar. Finkelstein is the author of five books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions: Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008) The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003) Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003) A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998) The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996) He has just completed a new book entitled A Farewell to Israel: The coming break-up of American Zionism, to be published in 2009
PROGRAMME
JOHANNESBURG
Thursday 13 August
Topic: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of knowledge.
Venue: Wits University
Time: 14h00
Topic: Whats wrong with Zionism: A Jewish Perspective
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 18h00
Friday 14 August
Topic: Israel/Palestine: Roots of the conflict, Prospects for peace [Academic seminar]
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 14h00
Saturday 15 August
Topic: The Israeli lobby and the misuse of anti-Semitism [Seminar]
Venue: Amec
Time: 14h30
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CAPE TOWN
Monday 17 August
Topic: On the Place of Civility in Academic Life
Venue: University of Cape Town
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Lecture organised by PSC
Tuesday 18 August
Topic: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace
Venue: Stellenbosch University
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Dinner for invited guests or event at Book Centre
Wednesday 19 August
Topic: The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Venue: University of Western Cape
Time: Lunch Time
________________________________________________________
DURBAN
Thursday 20 August
Topic: Media coverage of oppressive state regimes: The case of Israel
Venue: Durban University of Technology
Time: 12.00 pm
Topic: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What we can learn from Gandhi
Venue: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal : Howard College Auditorium [Wolpe Lecture]
Time: 5 7 pm
Friday 21 August
Visit to Gandhi / Phoenix Settlement
Time: 08h30 12h00
Topic: Palestinians and Israelis co-existing in the Middle East
Venue: Diakonia
Time: 13h30
Please also see:
The case for Norman Finkelstein (The Guardian, UK )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jun/14/abattleforacademicfreedom
Video: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace. Lecture December 2008
For all his debates on YouTube click here:
Dershowitz v. Finkelstein: Whos Right and Whos Wrong?
http://www.counterpunch.org/menetrez04302007.html
A Conversation with Professor Norman Finkelstein
http://www.counterpunch.org/finkelstein1.html
Website of Norman G. Finkelstein
www.normanfinkelstein.com/
Wikipedia on Finkelstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein
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Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University . For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is currently an independent scholar. Finkelstein is the author of five books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions: Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008) The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003) Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003) A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998) The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996) He has just completed a new book entitled A Farewell to Israel: The coming break-up of American Zionism, to be published in 2009
PROGRAMME
JOHANNESBURG
Thursday 13 August
Topic: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of knowledge.
Venue: Wits University
Time: 14h00
Topic: Whats wrong with Zionism: A Jewish Perspective
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 18h00
Friday 14 August
Topic: Israel/Palestine: Roots of the conflict, Prospects for peace [Academic seminar]
Venue: University of Johannesburg
Time: 14h00
Saturday 15 August
Topic: The Israeli lobby and the misuse of anti-Semitism [Seminar]
Venue: Amec
Time: 14h30
_________________________________________________________________
CAPE TOWN
Monday 17 August
Topic: On the Place of Civility in Academic Life
Venue: University of Cape Town
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Lecture organised by PSC
Tuesday 18 August
Topic: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace
Venue: Stellenbosch University
Time: Lunch Time
Evening Dinner for invited guests or event at Book Centre
Wednesday 19 August
Topic: The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Venue: University of Western Cape
Time: Lunch Time
________________________________________________________
DURBAN
Thursday 20 August
Topic: Media coverage of oppressive state regimes: The case of Israel
Venue: Durban University of Technology
Time: 12.00 pm
Topic: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What we can learn from Gandhi
Venue: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal : Howard College Auditorium [Wolpe Lecture]
Time: 5 7 pm
Friday 21 August
Visit to Gandhi / Phoenix Settlement
Time: 08h30 12h00
Topic: Palestinians and Israelis co-existing in the Middle East
Venue: Diakonia
Time: 13h30
Please also see:
The case for Norman Finkelstein (The Guardian, UK )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jun/14/abattleforacademicfreedom
Video: Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace. Lecture December 2008
For all his debates on YouTube click here:
Dershowitz v. Finkelstein: Whos Right and Whos Wrong?
http://www.counterpunch.org/menetrez04302007.html
A Conversation with Professor Norman Finkelstein
http://www.counterpunch.org/finkelstein1.html
Website of Norman G. Finkelstein
www.normanfinkelstein.com/
Wikipedia on Finkelstein
JHB/DBN: Al Kauthar – Roadmap to Knowledge
July 20, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
JHB: 25th & 26th July 2009 – 8.30am – 7.00pm both days (Lunch break 12:30PM – 2:30PM)
Durban: 1st & 2nd August 2009 – 8.30am – 7.00pm both days (Lunch break 12:30PM – 2:30PM)
Cost: R495
Instructor: by Sheikh Alaa Elsayed
Learn step by step the A-Z of gaining knowledge and everything you wanted to know about being a true student of knowledge!
What will you come out with at the end of the course?
- A binder that summarizes the most important rules of learning knowledge, with a complete plan of seeking knowledge.
- A step-by-step process of acquiring Islamic Knowledge.
- A comprehensive list of the best books in each branch of Islamic Sciences ranked from the easiest to the hardest, and the best scholars in the history of each field, so that you could start self-learning!
- Another list detailing the best audio/video material available out there that could be used for self learning on the go.
- The best publishers in the business that you could trust.
- Motivation to seek knowledge on your own without loosing patience until “the next” course comes to town.
Using this roadmap, the instructor has learned more knowledge in the past four years than the fifteen years before that! Are you going to waste another twenty years of your life discovering things by trial-and-error? Stop wasting time with random and ineffective ways of learning and ENROL NOW!
To enrol, visit: www.alkauthar.org
MPN Arabic Language Expo- Report Back
July 13, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
Muslim Professionals Network (MPN), in conjunction with Al-Huda Magazine hosted an Arabic Language Expo on Saturday 4 July in Johannesburg at the Afro-Middle East Centre. Attended by over 30 students, teachers and potential students and teachers of all ages and occupations, the event sought to encourage both the studying and teaching of the Arabic language.
The guest speaker was Dr Abdurahman Abdulazeez (www.understandquran.com) who motivated those who studied Arabic at any level to start teaching others.
The aim of the event was to create a hype around the language and provide the platform and information that those that want to learn and/or teach. This is an ongoing process so all are encouraged to contact us when they feel ready to start studying or teaching, and also to provide us with details of any courses or classes that are being held around the country. Our vision is a network of students of Arabic that teach others and create a circle or learning and teaching.
There is a group on Facebook that is being used to facilitate please see South African Students of Arabic: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8522533067
MPN – www.muslimprofessionalsnetwork.com
List of courses offered in Gauteng:
Fountain of Wisdom, 6 week beginners course (Fordsburg)
Schedule: 11 July-15 August, Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm
Cost: R1200 ( arrangements will be made for those who cannot afford)
Contact: Junaid Kajee – jk@fountainofwisdom.co.za – 079 497 6200
Sheikh Salama (Mayfair)
Schedule: Monday nights, 19:45
Cost: R320 per month
Medium level (no class during Ramadaan)
Contact: zaidmahomedy@gmail.com
Fatima Shaikjee (Mayfair)
Shedule : one on one lessons at students availability
Cost : to be discussed
Fatima was born and brought up in Saudi Arabia. She teaches classical and colloqial Arabic.
Contact: safiyyah.s@gmail.com (for more infomation, phone number etc.)
Sheikh Salama (Lenasia)
5 Penguin Avenue, Ext 1, Lenasia
Schedule: Wednesday nights for 2 hours (6:45pm currently)
Cost: R300 per month
Medium level (no class during Ramadaan)
Contact: ahmed.kolia@gmail.com
In Laudium (Pretoria) there are Arabic, tafseer, hadith and fiqh classes on a morning schedule:
Saturday 8:00 10:30am
Venue: Darus Salaam (TMS) Masjid
This is perfect for working people who feel they need to keep in touch with Islamic knowledge. The classes are given free of charge and you just have to pay for the textbooks.
Al-Ghazali College, Erasmia, Pretoria.
Schedule: Saturday morning 9 – 11 am : Advanced 11 am – 1 pm: Beginners
Cost: R50 per hour.
Run by an Egyptian language teacher and has separate groups for beginners and advanced learners.
Understand the Quran
Safiyya Surtee
Sisters only
Once or twice a week
Contact: safiyyah.s@gmail.com
Daarul Da’wah – Arabic Academy (Lenasia)
International curriculum for learning arabic.
Quranic Arabic and Conversational/Modern Arabic.
Separate classes for females by a female teacher.
Classes start: 14th April 2008 (fulltime and part time classes available)
Contact: (011)854-2820 ; 08346411727
arabicacademy8@gmail.com
UJ has a spoken Arabic class once a week in the evenings by Sheikh Bassouni from Egypt
Department of Semitic langauges
University of Johannesburg
Telephone: (011) 559-3259
Fax: (011) 559-3858
ONLINE RESOURCES
For those that are not based in Gauteng, here are the current options we are aware of. Please contact us with details of others to add to the list.
Understand Quran – The easy way
Dr Abdurahman Abdulazeez
Short and Long courses.
All material available on the website to teach yourself or to starting teaching a course
Islam Online University
11 available courses, each with online recorded lectures, handouts, assignments and module tests – great to keep you motivated! http://www.islamiconlineuniversity.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&
Online Arabic audio lessons
DURBAN COURSES
World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Clare Estate, Durban.
Teacher: Sheikh Ashraf Nasser from Egypt
A really great teacher for all levels of Arabic. Strong in Quranic vocabularly but not grammar focused.
Contact WAMY Durban: +27312078883
If there are any other courses that are running please inform us so that we can inform others in the respective areas.
We would like anyone who is interested in starting to teach Arabic to contact us if they need help with the marketing, setting up and course material.
If there are people interested in joining an interactive online course Bilal and Amina are looking to teach the Basic Understand Quran course through Paltalk or Dimdim online. Contact: bilal.randeree@gmail.com; amina.ebrahim@gmail.com
For further detail on the above contact Muslim Professionals Network at: mpn.email@gmail.com
Also note that the latest quarterly edition of Al Huda is on sale now at selected outlets.Contact: makutano.publications@gmail.com
DBN: Orient Islamic School: 50 Years Family, Reunion and Sports Day
May 13, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
31 May 2009, 08:00-17:30, Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead
DBN: From Madeenah to the Millennium 2009
April 30, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
From 29 till 31 May 2009 at NMJ Islamic Centre in Durban, hosted by ILM-SA, Symmetry Islamic Fund and Sealake Industries.
This is a conference that focuses on the application of the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) to contemporary times. The theme of the conference is: Towards a unified Ummah.
Attendance is free, but pre-registration is compulsory.
Visit www.ilm-sa.org or email info@ilm-sa.org for further information
DBN/JHB: Al Kauthar: Lord Of The Worlds
April 29, 2009 by muslimadmin · Leave a Comment
Course in Durban: Sat 9th & Sun 10th May 2009. In Johannesburg: Sat 16th – Sun 17th May 2009
Unity Of Allah’s Worship, by Ustadh Surkheel Sharif
Essential knowledge in one weekend. Learn all about the rights of Allah to be worshipped alone.
Visit http://www.alkauthar.org/enrol.asp?Chosencourse=09_Joh_LOW to enrol.
MPN Archive- MPN Dinner – Tuesday 15 December September 8, 2010
- Arabic Lang Expo- Report Back September 8, 2010
- MPN Arabic Expo - Saturday 4 July 2009 September 8, 2010
- Launch of MPN Cape Town - 1 May 2009 September 8, 2010