Guidelines for muslims ahead of 2019 elections

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Its most certainly been a interesting few weeks with political parties going all out with their campaigns. All this effort to win over your vote, with some political parties also including policies which speaks to the concerns of the muslim community. This includes foreign policy on issues such as the Palestinian - isreali conflict, western sahari wanting to be independent from morroco and securing SA’s boarders.

Well in under 24 hours South Africans casting their votes will decide who will govern the country when they head to the polls for the 2019 national and provincial elections.

So this morning we unpack some guidelines on voting as a moral and social responsibility with our online guest. Dr Imam. Rashied Omar the imam of the Claremont main road mosque and Scholar of Islamic Studies & Peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame in the US AND Moulana Abdul Khaliq Allie the first deputy president of MJC
7 May 2019 English South Africa Technology · News

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