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Azaan muffled again High court judgment echoes in Tshwane CHANELLE LUTCHMAN AND CHARLENE SOMDUTH Google Maps FIRST it was the mosque in Isipingo. Now a mosque in Centurion, Pretoria, has been told to lower the Islamic call to prayer. Recently, the Durban High Court ordered that the Madrasah Taleemuddeen Islamic Institute should tone down the Azaan after Chandra Ellaurie, an Isipingo Beach resident, complained that the five times a day call infringed on his right to dignity. Judge Sidwell Mngadi ordered that the mosque’s call to prayer should not be heard within the buildings of Ellaurie’s property, which is situated about 20m away. Days after the ruling, the City of Tshwane’s health department issued a similar notice to the Raslouw Jamaat Khana in Centurion ordering the mosque to lower the…
Institute takes Azaan verdict on appeal CHANELLE LUTCHMAN PAPERS have been filed in the Durban High Court to appeal the judgment against the muffling of the Islamic call to prayer. In terms of an order by Judge Sidwell Mngadi, the Madrasah Taleemuddeen Islamic Institute in Isipingo Beach was ordered to ensure the Azaan was not audible within the home of a neighbour, Chandra Ellaurie, who lives 20m away. Ellaurie, a Hindu who acted in his personal capacity, believed the Azaan infringed on his right to dignity. Mngadi said that according to Section 16 of the South African Constitution, everyone had the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion. “The provision guarantees freedom of religion. It does not guarantee practice or manifestations of religion. The call to prayer…
PRAYER SITE BULLDOZED There was disregard and disrespect: family NADIA KHAN Supplied THE prayer site that a North Coast Hindu family used has been bulldozed by the KwaDukuza Municipality. Nirmala Devi Maharaj, 74, of Umhlali, has lived on the piece of land all her life. Today, she shares a home, on the plot, with her sons Yoganathan and Rohit, and their families. According to Maharaj, the entire plot belongs to her family. This includes a portion on which her house is built and another portion which the family use as a vegetable garden, an orchard and a prayer site. During Pitra Paksha, a period during which Hindus remember their ancestors, Maharaj made daily food offerings at the prayer site. However, on Monday, an excavator belonging to the municipality, uprooted the…
Landmark sentence for baby in drain mom Unemployed 33-year-old will serve six months in prison, house arrest JANINE MOODLEY Rescue Care IN A LANDMARK sentence, a Newlands East mother who dumped her newborn baby in a stormwater drain will serve time behind bars. The unemployed 33-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the baby and her two other children, was sentenced in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Friday to three years’ imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to attempted murder in March. She will spend an average of six months in prison, as the law allows for her sentence to be converted to house arrest after a few months in jail. The mother left her baby in a storm-water drain at the corner of Barracuda Road and Herring…
‘He was our pillar of strength’ NADIA KHAN A PHOENIX pastor who died in a car crash spent most of his days during lockdown uplifting family and friends. Deon Kisten Munien, 43, of Trenance Manor, died in hospital on Thursday after crashing into a pole on the M4 near Durban North. His sister, Shantal Rajgopal, said two days earlier, Munien had visited a friend in Morningside and was returning home that evening. “We are not sure what happened,” she said. She said Munien owned a stationery business and he often assisted others. “We lost our parents at an early age and he was our pillar of strength. In February, our whole family went to Margate together. It was one of the best trips. I will cherish those memories.” Rajgopal said…
Breakthrough as two suspects arrested after cop killed in line of duty CHARLENE SOMDUTH MBUYISELO NDLOVU POLICE have made a further breakthrough in the murder of Warrant Officer Theena Pillay. Pillay, 48, was shot and killed outside his mother-in-law’s home in Woodview, Phoenix, last December. He had dropped off his daughter, Minisha Pillay, 20, at the home and, as he was leaving for work at the Phoenix police station, two suspects in a white Toyota Etios shot at him. He managed to return fire before succumbing to his injuries. A suspect, Lindani Ncanana, was also killed but his accomplices fled the scene. It was believed Pillay was targeted because of his investigations into the drug trade in Phoenix. In April, a suspect linked to the killing, Mvuselelo Nkululeko Dludla, was…
